Distributed App - C++ with Python for Portability?

[Bob Martin]

in 337513 20080310 115744 "Diez B. Roggisch" <deets at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>Roopan wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am looking at developing an enterprise-grade distributed data
>> sharing application - key requirements are productivity and platform
>> portability.
>>
>> Will it be sensible to use C++ for performance-critical sections and
>> Python for all the glue logic.
>>
>> Pls comment from your *experiences* how Python scales to large
>> projects( > 200KLOC).
>> I assume the C++/Python binding is fairly painless.
>
>It depends. There are good wrappers out there, I personally prefer SIP.
>However, a mixed language environment is always a PITA, especially for
>distribution.
>
>If you can, write everything in python. Identify bottlenecks, and if you
>must, I suggest using C + ctypes for performance-critical code.
>
>Obviously it's a matter of taste, but C++ is a beast, and getting it to work
>seamless under varying compilers and OSes could be avoided using plain C.
>
>Diez

Java is more portable than most other languages, especially if your app needs a gui.