Python vs. C++ Builder - speed of development
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Wed Jan 29 23:30:16 EST 2003
Brandon Van Every wrote:
>
> C++ has a bazillion users. Well, that's an exaggeration, but it has
> the lion's share of the programmers.
Depending on what the heck "lion's share" means, this is either
true at the present time, or patently false. Not really germane,
however, I suppose.
> Enter Python, and "avant garde" Python aficionados such as found in
> this forum.
Interesting adjective... you *are* trolling, aren't you? :-)
> A tiny minority of early converts
> who do not experience problems because they're all good engineers anyways.
> When Python is finally used by every schmuck out there, to the same degree
> that C++ is, I predict you'll see as many people blowing off their leg with
> Python as with C++. At least in terms of rough orders of magnitude.
You're overlooking the experience of those like Alex Martelli (and me,
and dozens of others) who have already used C++ extensively, and *are*
good engineers, as you suggest, and yet who have found far more fertile
ground for a wide range of problems in that baroque language than we
have in Python.
I don't think anyone who has programmed in both languages for years
would agree with your statement.
> Python may a be a great productivity tool for the power programmer, but I
> seriously doubt that it's any kind of magic bullet for the average engineer.
There is no magic bullet for the "average engineer". Remember what
Brooks said... he is still right.
-Peter
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