>> I use Python when my time is most valuable (in most cases it is), in >> the very few cases the computer's time is more valuable I write in >> C/C++. > >In cases when the computer's time is more valuable, why not use CPython >with C/C++ API? Only most time consuming parts can be replaced to C/C++ >codes so as to increase the speed up to native C/C++ programs).
That assumes that one knows which are the most time-consuming parts, that they are few (which is typically, but not always, the case) and that they are 'fit' to be transferred to the C/C++ domain. The one application I have written the last few years that probably would not be fit to this approach is a compiler (Jal). It spends most of its time walking the annotated syntax tree, with a lot of code contributing rather evenly to the CPU time. Don't take me wrong, IIRC that is the *only* PC program I have written the last few years for which I selected the language and the language was not Python :) But I mainly program PICs. Where is the 10F200 Python interpreter when you need one? Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------ http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
