Being a C programmer before a C++ I am not certain my opinon qualifies. Yet I have seen myself avoiding C++ contracts lately because I dread going back to that type of work: why use silex when you got a match ?
Adriaan Renting wrote: > I'm not a very experienced Python programmer yet, so I might be > mistaken, but there are a few things that would make me prefer C++ over > Python for large (over 500.000 LOC) projects. > - namespaces > - templates > - strong type checking > - data hiding > - more available libraries and more advanced developement tools. > > I'm talking about managing the code, not the programmers, the project or > schedules or what have you. Those are independent from the chosen > programming language. > http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=301605&pfp=cat3 >> Ultimately, manageability of a project is far and away more about the >> people involved and the techniques used than it is about any single >> technology involved. > > Agreed. > > Adriaan Renting | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ASTRON | Phone: +31 521 595 217 > P.O. Box 2 | GSM: +31 6 24 25 17 28 > NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo | FAX: +31 521 597 332 > The Netherlands | Web: http://www.astron.nl/~renting/ >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/30/05 4:15 PM >>>> > Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Harry George wrote: >> > "Adriaan Renting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>Both VB and Python are easier to learn as the more powerful >> >>languages, the price is that they lack features that make it easier > to >> >>manage large and complex projects. >> > What is a large project, and what is Python missing that C++ and > Java >> > have for such tasks? >> >> But C++ and Java have features that *management* likes, thus making it >> "easier to manage large projects". (That says nothing about whether >> or not it makes it easier to produce quality code, successful >> projects, happy customers, large profits, or any such silly >> things... just that it's "easier to manage". ;-) >> >> Less facetiously: I have managed a large Python project or three, and >> several large C++ projects (and, thankfully, no large Java projects) >> and found Python quite up to the task. In fact, if anything the C++ >> projects ended up more in danger of succumbing to the sheer weight of >> the code than did the Python projects. But I attribute this more to >> the fact that we had evolved to using agile approaches with the Python >> projects than to any of those special features either present or >> lacking in C++. >> >> Ultimately, manageability of a project is far and away more about the >> people involved and the techniques used than it is about any single >> technology involved. >> >> -Peter > > That's our experience too (and the reason I asked). I wonder if the > OP will respond. > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
