On Saturday 25 September 2010 10:49:35 Chris Cannam wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Joel Roth <joelz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I guess I am reacting to what I imagine is language > > preference projected onto absolute judgment on merits of a > > particular language. > > > > Perhaps you are speaking from years of software development > > experience. > > I have quite a lot of (mostly enjoyable) experience writing Perl over > the years, including some fairly big programs, and hardly any > experience with Python (a language I dislike on instinct). But my > experience with Perl has been that returning to my own projects is > harder than it should be, and harder than in languages like C and C++. > That is probably due to my own limitations, particularly when it > comes to discipline, but it's empirically true in my case. > > The real assumption I made back there was that Python code is any > easier to return to -- I haven't the experience to judge, really, I'm > just going on hearsay from friends and acquaintances. Python actually forces you to be more disciplined. Which really make returning to the code easy. Using python for small apps/tools is easy. Using python for large projects is easy. Extending your C/C++-project with python is easy. Using your own C/C++ parts in python is easy. Porting parts of your python project to C/C++ is easy (think prototyping in python and port to compiled-language once the interface is finished and the optimizations begin). I for one am very glad I learned python a few years back. Its fun. Disclaimer: I don't have any experience in perl, but what I get from the perl- snapshots in German Linux-Magazin, it looks harder then python... Have fun, Arnold
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