Python2CPP ?

[jpierce at junglecreatures.com]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
> > 1) Curiosity. I would like to see how well the translation goes.
>
> If there is something that works, it will look awful to the eye.
> Code-generators are generally not very idiomatic - they mapping is to
> localized to e.g. factorize out a more complex loop to something a
> generator might to much better.
>
> I suggest you take a look at pyrex, a python-like language that bridges
> python and C by generating C.
>
> > 2) Efficiency. It is alot quicker to code something in Python. If I can
> >    write it in Python and auto-convert it to C++. I would save time
> >    coding.
>
> Then let it run in python.
>
> > 3) Education. I would learn more about Python, C++, their similarities and
> > differences.
>
> I also doubt that. digging into generated, non-idiomatic code won't do much
> for you to grasp what is behind Python or C++ as well. Think e.g. of
> templating, a major feature in C++ that certainly won't be utilized by a
> code-generator that does everything based on python C-structures and their
> C-API.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Diez