Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Mon Mar 28 21:07:18 EST 2005
In article <1112043435.991699.11460 at g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"cjl" <cjlesh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all:
>
> I'm working on a 'pure' python port of some existing software.
>
> Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open
> source) in C++ and in Java.
>
> Which would be easier for me to use as a reference?
>
> I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on
> which language is easier to understand / rewrite as python.
>
> -cjl
My guess is you'd be better starting from the Java as a reference. So much
of C++ code tends to deal with low-level stuff like memory management and
pointers. At least in Java you won't have any of that stuff to wade
through.
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