Python for air traffic control?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <X4l07.7611$B7.1402508 at ruti.visi.com>,
Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>In article <9hrnub$9a2$1 at panix3.panix.com>, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>In article <9hrj3q$cj1 at news1.gtech.com>,
>>Peter Milliken <peter.milliken at gtech.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Python is a fine language for quick and dirty prototyping. For
>>>banging out applications that are going to run in an
>>>environment where it isn't going to matter if the program
>>>crashes, but it is certainly not something I would put forward
>>>for something like Air Traffic Control.
>>
>>Suppose that the only language choices are between C/C++ and
>>Python, and that the real-time resolution requirement is on the
>>order of one second. Which would you choose and why?
>
>The one thing about Python that would give me pause is the
>dynamic memory management.  But, I'd have the same concerns if
>the C/C++ program used malloc/free.

Precisely.  Actually, I'd have greater concerns with C/C++, because at
least in Python I'd have a reasonable degree of confidence in what
happens when memory gets exhausted.
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