Re: C++ or Python

2008-07-02 Thread Pete Kirkham
2008/6/29 Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:20:45 +0200, Sebastian \"lunar\" Wiesner wrote: > > > Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> things like passing a method as a function parameter is a no-brainer > >> (requires extra syntax in java because of the cautious

Re: C++ or Python

2008-07-01 Thread Maria R
On Jun 28, 12:22 am, Kurda Yon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? > > Thank you! Back in 2002, we made a hard decision between c++ (well established here) java (not

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-29 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:20:45 +0200, Sebastian \"lunar\" Wiesner wrote: > Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> things like passing a method as a function parameter is a no-brainer >> (requires extra syntax in java because of the cautious type system - >> not sure about C++). > > C++ has functi

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-29 Thread Sebastian "lunar" Wiesner
Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > things like passing a method as a function parameter is a no-brainer > (requires extra syntax in java because of the cautious type system - not > sure about C++). C++ has function pointers and functors, therefore this is not really an issue with C++. -- Fre

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-28 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:22:26 -0700, Kurda Yon wrote: > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? > > Thank you! Python's automatic tracebacks on errors facilitate debugging very nicely. Python doesn

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-28 Thread c0mrade
Kurda Yon wrote: > > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? > Uh, code a trivial program in each language and you'll have a perfectly good idea. -- View this message in context: http://www.na

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-28 Thread Victor Noagbodji
Kurda Yon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? I have used both in small projects and I think Python wins by far. First of all, you don't have the hassle of compilin

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-28 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Kurda Yon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? Python is a lot more fun than C++ ;-) Anyway no need to use one or the other... I've done projects where we've embedd

Re: C++ or Python

2008-06-27 Thread Nick Dumas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kurda Yon wrote: > I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C > ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? > > Thank you! I'm a relative novice, so I couldn't tell you about deeply hidden features or

C++ or Python

2008-06-27 Thread Kurda Yon
I would like to know what are advantages of Python in comparison with C ++? In which cases and why Python can be a better tool than C++? Thank you! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list