Dear Francesco, I'm sorry --- it is hard not to read your message and laugh. You really think that the static type checking of C++ is protecting you? Well, it may be, but C++ is unsafe in so many other ways that you are not doing yourself a favor by working in it.
If you want to use a typesafe language, you really should be using Java or Python. Java will give you both static and dynamic type checking. Python will give you runtime type checking. C++ gives you a good feeling until something goes wrong and it crashes. On Feb 29, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Francesco Biscani wrote: > Hi all, > > Christopher Barker wrote: >> "The only difference that my users see between an app written in >> Python >> and C++ is that the Python one has more features...and fewer bugs." >> > > I'm currently working mostly in C++ and exploring integration with > Python through Boost.Python+IPython+MPL. I enjoy working in Python, > but > I'm afraid of making a more consistent switch mainly for fear of > losing > the static type checking that C++ gives me. I have the horrifying > feeling that if I were to write much code in Python I could break it > in > so many ways just because of this, and I'd have the constant > perception > of not having my back covered by the compiler, at least for this > kind of > errors. > > It's true that probably I'd get the software up and running in less > time > with Python, but I think that I would spend much more time making sure > it behaves as expected and "fortifying" it, so to speak. Am I totally > offset here? > > Francesco. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
