Converting Python app to C++ completely
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Mon Sep 16 22:22:03 EDT 2002
Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> Hmmm... if instead you choose to wait until you actually *need* C++
> to solve a problem that Python can't handle, you just might find that
> you don't ever need to learn C++. Then the second one is actually
> not a problem at all! :-)
>
> This thought courtesy of XP's philosophy of avoiding unnecessary
> work, which is acronymized as YAGNI (You Aren't Going to Need It).
I'm reasonably convinced that I'll never need C++ to solve real
problems. I'm also reasonably convinced that I do need C++ to get
invited to job interviews. This thought courtesy of today's economy.
Could be worse. I could be trying to learn Cobol, for which I see a lot
more job postings than I do for Python :-(
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