Python is just as good as C++ for real apps

[Donovan Rebbechi]

In article <83pu42qgl6.fsf at panacea.canonical.org>, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> "Kevin Altis" <altis at semi-retired.com> writes:
> 
>> Python is just as good as C++ for real apps
> 
> That doesn't even need to be said, does it?  Anybody who's written
> real apps in both already knows this.  I would say C++ is almost as
> good as Python for real apps, except where speed of development
> matters.  Python is free of most of C++'s major scaling limitations
> and hidden pitfalls.

Great. A language flame. I use C++ and Python. I use SIP to write Python
modules in C++.

I am a big fan of both languages. They complement each other very nicely. 
They are hardly competitors, their strong points are completely different.

To say C++ has "major scaling limitations" is just absurd, given the amount
of code written in this language. Of course python doesn't share C++'s 
weaknesses, but it doesn't share all of its strengths either.

-- 
Donovan