[Gllug] C/C++ mentor

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Thu Nov 23 22:58:40 UTC 2006


On 22 Nov 2006, Pete Ryland verbalised:
> Python is certainly a very nice language for quick learning curve and
> quick development of scripts and the like.  It probably shouldn't be
> used for very large applications though, as it gets a little java-like
> upon scaling - large memory footprints, gc gaps, etc.  But then you
> can code the core of the app in C and wrap it in a python frontend.

You know about PyPy, right? (It doesn't solve that *yet*, but hopefully
it will in time.)

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`The main high-level difference between Emacs and (say) UNIX, Windows,
 or BeOS... is that Emacs boots quicker.' --- PdS
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