On Monday, 28 April 2014 at 13:26:51 UTC, Russel Winder via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Mon, 2014-04-28 at 09:43 +0000, Chris via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
[…]
Yeah, Python is good for fast prototyping, that's why the
scientific community uses it. However, when it comes to using
the code for real world apps, you have to rewrite it in C/C++
or D (or the like).
Why?
Many people use Python codes in the real world quite happily,
there is
no necessity to rewrite at all.
[…]
E.g. an algorithm for signal processing. Python is fine for
prototyping, but if you want your algorithms to work in a real
world app at real time, you'll have to rewrite it in C/C++, D or
whatever. I've adopted the policy (where ever applicable) to use
D straight away. It's just not worth it to develop something in
Python and rewrite it in D later. I don't see the benefits of
writing in Python, only drawbacks in the long run.
