Hello, I consider myself a python programmer, although C++ was one of the first languages I learned (not really deeply and long time ago).
Now I decided to retake C++, to broaden my view of the business. However, as I progress in learning C++, I cannot take out of my head one question Why to use C++ instead of python? It is not ranting against C++. I was/am looking for small-medium projects to exercise my C++ skills. But I'm interested in a "genuine" C++ project: some task where C++ is really THE language (and where python is actually a bad ab initio choice). The usual argument in favour of C++ (when comparing to python) is performance. But I'm convinced that, in general, the right approach is "python-profiling-(extension/numpy/Cython/...)". At least for a python programmer. I might be wrong, though. This is, perhaps, a bit off-topic, but I really want to know the thoughts of experienced python programmers on it. Thanks in advance, David -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
