Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-21 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On 17 Jun 2005 06:26:50 -0700, George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During the last 18 months or so I have indulged in the joy of learning and using python for almost everything, but I may have to go back to C/C++ at work. Suddenly I found myself transliterating (or translating at least)

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-20 Thread George Sakkis
Kay Schluehr wrote: I recommend studying C++ idioms carefully. http://www1.bell-labs.com/user/cope/Patterns/C++Idioms/EuroPLoP98.html Thanks for the link; very useful indeed. If Georges starts on greenfields he may have a look at Qt and it's object library which is not only concerned with

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-18 Thread Kay Schluehr
D H wrote: That's why so many people have switched to Java or C# (or Python and other langugages of course). You might talk to them about using Python, since Python and C/C++ fit together very nicely (with tools like BOOST, SWIG, Pyrex,...). But me personally I like to avoid C++ altogether

Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-17 Thread George Sakkis
During the last 18 months or so I have indulged in the joy of learning and using python for almost everything, but I may have to go back to C/C++ at work. Suddenly I found myself transliterating (or translating at least) common python idioms and patterns, looking for libraries to replace python's

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-17 Thread bruno modulix
George Sakkis wrote: During the last 18 months or so I have indulged in the joy of learning and using python for almost everything, but I may have to go back to C/C++ at work. (snip) So, I wonder what have others who have gone the same path done and learned in similar situations. How one can

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-17 Thread Cameron Laird
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], bruno modulix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Sakkis wrote: . . . learned in similar situations. How one can avoid the frustration of having to work with a low level language once he has seen

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-17 Thread Bill McClain
On 2005-06-17, George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I wonder what have others who have gone the same path done and learned in similar situations. How one can avoid the frustration of having to work with a low level language once he has seen the Light ? This project:

Re: Back to the future - python to C++ advice wanted

2005-06-17 Thread D H
George Sakkis wrote: During the last 18 months or so I have indulged in the joy of learning and using python for almost everything, but I may have to go back to C/C++ at work. Suddenly I found myself transliterating (or translating at least) common python idioms and patterns, looking for