Python vs C++

[Rustom Mody]

On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:24:18 PM UTC+5:30, David Palao wrote:
> Hello,
> I consider myself a python programmer, although C++ was one of the
> first languages I learned (not really deeply and long time ago).

> Now I decided to retake C++, to broaden my view of the business.
> However, as I progress in learning C++, I cannot take out of my head
> one question

>  Why to use C++ instead of python?

> It is not ranting against C++. I was/am looking for small-medium
> projects to exercise my C++ skills. But I'm interested in a "genuine"
> C++ project: some task where C++ is really THE language (and where
> python is actually a bad ab initio choice).
> The usual argument in favour of C++ (when comparing to python) is
> performance. But I'm convinced that, in general, the right approach is
> "python-profiling-(extension/numpy/Cython/...)". At least for a python
> programmer. I might be wrong, though.

> This is, perhaps, a bit off-topic, but I really want to know the
> thoughts of experienced python programmers on it.

Not C++ but (mostly) C:
http://damienkatz.net/2013/01/the_unreasonable_effectiveness_of_c.html

And someone opposed to that view:
http://dieswaytoofast.blogspot.in/2013/01/why-i-grown-to-loathe-c.html

I said something about it here:
http://blog.languager.org/2013/02/c-in-education-and-software-engineering.html