After C++, what with Python?

[Stefan Behnel]

John Nagle, 16.01.2011 07:03:
> Threading is supported
> but thread concurrency is marginal. The most common implementation is
> a naive interpreter with reference counting backed up by a mark
> and sweep garbage collector. Performance is about 1/60 of
> optimized C code.
>
> That's Python.

Since the OP is new to Python (and thus also to this group), it's worth 
noting that the above is what John Nagle commonly claims to be important 
about Python. It doesn't match everybody's POV.

For most other people, the essence is that Python is actually fun to work 
with. And if you come from a C++ background, you will happily appreciate 
how simple programming can be. You will also appreciate learning about 
Cython, which is the straight forward way for you to write Python code that 
interfaces with C++ natively.

Stefan