On Sep 23, 5:31 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well written C++ code is generally faster or much faster than similar > Python code, but programming in Python is often simpler, and it > generally requires less time. So it may happen that to solve a problem > a Python program that runs in 1 hour that requires 1 hour to be > written allows you to find the solution in less time than a C++ > program that runs in 5-10 minutes that requires you 3-4 hours to be > written :-)
I could easily sit down and wait half an hour. I could even wait a week for the calculation to complete. But this is a program that will be used many times, and not just by me. > Note that C++ is just one option, but there are other languages > around, like CLisp or D (or even a modern JavaVM), that are often an > acceptable compromise between Python and C/C++. Yes, if I knew Lisp, I would have used SBCL. Java I can program. But it is a pain in the ass for any scientific programming. F# and OCaml look promising though. > Note that I have written a kd-tree in both Python (with Psyco > compulsively) and D, this is the Psyco > version:http://code.activestate.com/recipes/572156/ Sure I could show you the code, Python and C++, if I had a place to post it. It looks very different form yours though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
