On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:22 AM, prasanna diwadkar <pdiwad...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was talking in general.I am not saying python/java programmers are lesser > quality than C/C++ .Ultimately programming is a programming is a > programming. > Since 80s to late 90s many Indian/foreign(US etc) have been teaching > programming in C/C++.When I talked to 2 ex-professors in India,they observed > that the rigor when students go through using c/++ is higher than > java/python.For.e.g.manipulation of linked list,hash table.IMO better > programming is not just understaning the layers of abstraction but > understanding some intracacies,what goes below the hood.
Are you suggesting that because a programmer is adept in manipulating memory, pointers, arrays and structures like lists, hash table, stack, queue he becomes better in problem solving (from solving an algorithmic problem to a real-world problem) than a programmer who is not? _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
