Is this a true statement: Part II

[Andy Freeman]

> "Python can do everything C++ can do but just slower."

Speed is a virtue, so if that is the only meaningful difference,
why would anyone use Python?  But, if speed isn't the only possible
meaningful difference, is the statement worthwhile?

> that surprised me the most were the statements regarding C++.  My impression
> of C++ was that it was the end-all, be-all of languages and if you wanted to
> write a serious program you wrote it in C++.

If there was an end-all/be-all of languages, why would other languages exist?

> a way that I can explain it to my boss.

What makes you think that your boss cares about technical considerations?
(Companies/products rarely succeed or fail based upon technical considerations.)

-andy