Python Productivity over C++

[Frank V. Castellucci]

Courageous wrote:
> 
> 
> > As someone who uses and likes both C++ and Python, I think estimates
> > like that are excessively simplistic.
> 
> Me, too. And yet I will claim that I've become *more* productive
> in Python after a brief 4-6 weeks of use than I am in C++ after
> 15 years of use, and that's no exaggeration. If Python executed
> as fast as other languages, I'd be tempted to *require* that our
> staff use it. And please don't take this wrong; I'm no language
> groupie -- I use C, C++, Java, Python, and Lisp -- all of them both
> lately and frequently.
> 
> > I use C++ for commercial programming, because it gives me the power and
> > control I need.  Productivity isn't the best when measured in time to
> > get the first prototype running, but I've found nothing better when
> > measured in time to develop, deploy, maintain and support something a
> > customer will pay for.
> 
> Shrug. If it weren't for execution speed, your C++ environment would
> be toast. Admit it. :)-

While the last line seems rather toungue in cheek, there are other
things that C++ brings to the table such as encapsulation, access
control and type strictness. 

-- 
Frank V. Castellucci