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

[one2001boy]

Donovan Rebbechi wrote:

> In article <837kq95vi8.fsf at panacea.canonical.org>, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
>
> > If mastering a new language is easy for you, you must be a lot smarter
> > than I am.  I started writing Python programs regularly a year and a
> > half ago; it took six to nine months before I stopped doing things in
> > Perl when I was in a hurry.  In Python, I had to look everything up in
> > the manual; in Perl, I knew how to do things.
>
> Took me 6 months to go from a Perl programmer to a C++ programmer.  But
> I was able to do *something* useful in a much shorter time frame, it's
> just that I was slow, always looking at the book, etc. There are still
> some things I do in Perl, because perl really is just better for those
> things.
>
> In any case, if I can pick up another language in 6 months, I don't really
> care what programming languages are used in industry. I suppose the fact
> that it takes this long to become proficient would be a reason to learn
> some skills that are marketable enough that they won't be worthless in
> 6 months (-;
>

I think the pain for programmers is that there are too many languages,
too little
time.

How do you think of the idea of one language (C/Ch/C++) for all?

Quoted from http://www.softintegration.com:

C is for low-level system programming and embedded systems;

Ch is for script computing

C++ is for large-scale projects;