Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '21,': 0.07; 'c++,': 0.07; 'here?': 0.09; 'part,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'question.': 0.14; '(which,': 0.16; 'api,': 0.16; 'codebase,': 0.16; 'porting': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'sorts': 0.16; '\xe9crit': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'obviously': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'thoughts': 0.19; 'thu,': 0.19; 'aug': 0.22; 'python?': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'features,': 0.24; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'strongly': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'probably': 0.32; 'maintaining': 0.32; 'programmers': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'belong': 0.36; 'c++': 0.36; 'otherwise.': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'project': 0.37; 'level': 0.37; 'starting': 0.37; 'growing': 0.38; 'easiest': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'information,': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'save': 0.62; 'high': 0.63; 'grab': 0.64; 'now:': 0.74; 'yourself': 0.78; 'late,': 0.84; 'pike': 0.84; 'costs,': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Joseph Martinot-Lagarde Subject: Re: Python vs C++ Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:05:25 +0200 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gns13-1-88-122-220-146.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140821-0, 21/08/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1408644345 news.xs4all.nl 2844 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54414 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76744 Le 21/08/2014 15:40, Chris Angelico a écrit : > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:54 PM, David Palao wrote: >> Why to use C++ instead of python? >> >> This is, perhaps, a bit off-topic, but I really want to know the >> thoughts of experienced python programmers on it. > > No, it's a fair question. Why are we all here? > > The fact is, there's not a huge amount of reason left. If you're > linking against a C++ API, you may find it easiest to do the whole > program in C++, rather than use something like Cython (which, as far > as I'm aware, is C-only) or write a two-part project. And obviously if > you have an existing C++ codebase, then porting it has costs, and > maintaining it is probably better. But for the most part, I would > strongly recommend starting a project in a high level language like > Python unless there's a really compelling reason to do otherwise. C++ > has, of late, been growing a number of features that belong in higher > level languages; but if you want those sorts of features, why not just > grab Python or Pike or something and save yourself the trouble? For information, Cython works with C++ now: http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus.html. Joseph