Prasan writes -
I'm a masochist, but because it will be invaluable should they enter the industry and be in charge of writing a scripting system. My objectives for introducing Python will be to introduce an appreciation for language design (our school sticks to C++ for most of the undergraduate coursework), and to get them thinking about building flexible applications. The one option here is to write the basic framework myself, including some binding code (that'd give them a head start, but they'll have to extend the application on both the C++ and Python side - and that should give them the experience they need). Has anyone here experimented with using the C++/Python combination as an example of how one could produce flexible systems (not just for games, but in general). If so, I'd love to hear about it.
Are you aware of the Boost libraries for writing Python extensions in C++? http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/ The beauty being that bindings created with Boost allow C++ classes to be inheritable and extendible in Python, rather than just scripted by Python. VPython - which is a 3d library - uses Boost in its "experimental" 3.0 version. http://www.vpython.org/linux_download.html Why not get your students pitching in on the continuing development of VPython? Art