Re: LOC in Python and C++ in large projects

2005-07-01 Thread Terry Hancock
On Friday 01 July 2005 07:55 am, Adriaan Renting wrote: > I think it would be interesting if any readers with more experience as I > have would comment on how Python behaves in large projects, and how much > less lines they need compared to C++ or Java. > I have worked on several C++ projects with

Re: LOC in Python and C++ in large projects

2005-07-01 Thread Mike Meyer
"Adriaan Renting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the choice of a programming language is not very important in > determining the overal succes of a project. C++ and Python are however > my two favorite languages. Well, getting done on time is a crucial part of success, and it takes less tim

LOC in Python and C++ in large projects

2005-07-01 Thread Adriaan Renting
I think the point you want to make is that Python needs vastly less lines of code as a similar application written in C++. I think Python might on average be 50-60% of comparable C++ code, but not the 1-2% you seem to want to claim. LOC is a somewhat arbitrairy measurement, but it gives an idea of