Programming in Python with a view to extending in C at a later date.

[Lawson English]

Lawson English wrote:
> Daniel Stutzbach wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM, dug.armadale at googlemail.com 
>> <mailto:dug.armadale at googlemail.com> <dug.armadale at googlemail.com 
>> <mailto:dug.armadale at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Say you set out to program in Python knowing that you will be
>>     converting parts of it into C ( or maybe C++) at a later date, 
>> but you
>>     do not know which parts.
>>
>>
>> I often use Python for rapid prototyping and later rewrite parts of 
>> it in C for speed.  It's always been a pleasant experience, and I've 
>> yet to come across a Python construct that made my life especially 
>> difficult later.  The value of rapid development and debugging 
>> algorithmic problems in Python has always outweighed the cost of 
>> later translating some of the code.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>
> Linden Lab, makers of Second LIfe virtual world, found it was good to 
> create a C++ class similar
> to a Python dictionary in order to leverage some of the faster 
> prototyping advantages of that Python type
> when converting to C++.
>
> Google LLSD Linden Lab for more info.
>

Incidentally LLSD is a proposed IETF standard so there's no licensing 
issues involved in using the technique, and
I believe there are implementations in C++ (GPL) and C#(BSD) and 
possible other languages as well.


L.