[C++-sig] Why Python for C++ programmers

[Paul F. Kunz]

>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:59:29 -0500, David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> said:

> "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk at yahoo.com> writes:
>> --- David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I also find that debugging/testing my C++ algorithms is a lot
>> faster if I expose the new classes to Python from where they can
>> easily be exercised with different inputs. Almost all regression
>> tests for my C++ algorithms are written in Python.

> Why is it easier to excercise your C++ from Python than from C++?

   Ralf answered quite completely.   Let me say, if he hadn't I would
have said more or less the same sort of things.