begin quoting Mark Lewis as of Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 05:38:04PM -0700: > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 16:55 -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > > "High level languages" is bullshit. The fact is its just as quick to write > > a program in C as it is in Python, Perl, Java, etc- provided you're > > experienced equally in those languages (obviously coding in a language > > you're not experienced with is always a penalty to speed). And the data > > all > > shows this- development speed is not going up despite the number of "high > > level" languages around today. > > All what data? This is a serious question, because I don't really > believe the point, but I'm willing to be convinced. I'm very skeptical > however because I've personally implemented a nearly identical project > in C++ (with which I'm quite comfortable) and Python (which I was > learning as I wrote the project).
My experience has been similiar, although with different language pairs. ForTran and (Prime) CPL, C and csh/sh, C++ and Scheme.... > It was faster to learn, code and debug the code in Python than it took > to code and debug it in C++. I've always been told that LOC/day basically remains constant for a developer. I've been told that "All the data shows" this, but I don't have any of that data either way. Me, I want minimum aggravation/day. But I have a hard time selling that. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
