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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:26:47 +0200
Subject: Re: Python vs C++
From: David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com>
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Thank you for the interesting answers.

Just a clarification. Actually for the scope of this question, I
consider C and C++ quite different. At least when they are "properly"
used (eg, you could use C++ as a better C, but this is not C++ in its
full glory).
In my opinion, if all that you want is performance, coding critical
parts in C or Frotran should be enough. Or even Cython. As far as the
fraction of code that turns out to be critical is relatively small.
But C++ is a monster compared to C. And I realize it requires a huge
amount of time and practice to master it. The question is whether is
it worth as a generic approach or not (*). I tend to think that it
isn't that useful.

Best,

David


(*) as some of you already mentioned, you could need C++ for joining a
specific project, for instance. But that would not imply anything
about how well suited is C++ for that particular project.