Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:57:51 GMT:
> On 28 Sep 2006 22:48:21 +0200, Dieter Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
> > We learn: a C/C++ implementation can in some cases be drastically
> > more efficient than a Python
Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:06:56 -0500:
> ...
> We would be curious to know about those things you can do in C++
> but can't do in Python.
I implemented an incremental search engine in Python.
It worked fine for large quite specific "and" queries (it
was fast
James Stroud wrote:
> baalbek wrote:
>> Why? The language is just so well designed (I miss some of Ruby's
>> features, but then, nothing is perfect)
>
> Out of curiosity, what are these features that ruby has that python
> lacks.
Code blocks (closures), that are more advanced than Python's Lam
Thomas Bartkus wrote:
> Okay. How did your stated "policy" leave you still wasting 20-30% of your
> programming efforts on other languages?
>
> We would be curious to know about those things you can do in C++
> but can't do in Python.
> (Doubting) Thomas Bartkus
Nothing to do with what C++ can
James Stroud wrote:
> Out of curiosity, what are these features that ruby has that python
> lacks. I've always wondered whether I should look at ruby--whether, as a
> language, it has anything to teach me that say python, C, and Java don't
> (LISP/Scheme is on my short-list to learn.)
Just a guess
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:51:43 +0200, baalbek wrote:
> Now, six years later, I use Python for about 70-80% of all my work (the
> remainder being Ruby and C/C++).
>
> I'm now having the policy: "If it's doable in Python, I'll use Python".
Okay. How did your stated "policy" leave you still wasti
nless it's free from
vendor lock-in. It's just too damned risky to rely on something that
isn't guaranteed to be supportible beyond a single vendor's whim.
That's "survival of the fittest" in computing technology as I see it
:-)
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baalbek wrote:
> Why? The language is just so well designed (I miss some of Ruby's
> features, but then, nothing is perfect)
Out of curiosity, what are these features that ruby has that python
lacks. I've always wondered whether I should look at ruby--whether, as a
language, it has anything to
I first heard of Python (on a CD cover) back in 1995. I thought, "what
is this? Python? Forget about it!"
Back then, I was a huge fan of the Delphi (Object Pascal) language, and
had immense respect for the C/C++ family.
1997 I got seriously into C++ programming, and thought, "could anything
be
