Python advocacy
Tim Peters
tim_one at email.msn.com
Fri Mar 3 21:48:22 EST 2000
[Brett g Porter]
> Obviously, Paul is entitled to his view that the cost of proficiency in
> C++ is too high. As a proficient C++ programmer, I have to disagree. I
> can't imagine writing industrial-strength apps solely in Python.
[Fredrik Lundh]
> what if Python would grow a type system?
>
> and an industrial-strength compiler, on top of that?
>
> is there *anything* you can do in C++ that you
> couldn't express in a typed version of Python?
Hmm. At work this week, I defined a C++ class whose instances occupy
exactly one byte (& would be useless if they occupied more), and had some
methods whose bodies consisted of inline assembler #ifdef'ed for various
platforms. C++ was perfect for this low-level grunge, while Python is about
as far from being suitable as I can imagine. Ask me whether I care <wink>.
just-hoping-to-*invoke*-this-class-web-via-python-ly y'rs - tim
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