On Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 06:38:42 UTC, Suliman wrote:
Does anybody make tests of speed most common algorithm in D and Python. I am trying to understand which project better to start in Python and which in D.
I think I split my decision based on the tools available. So I'd probably write a website in Django instead of vibe.d because I would save a lot of time. I'd probably write D instead of Python in a lot of cases.
More than just for speed, I've come to appreciate type information and what I call "statically checked duck typing," which is how ranges work and so on. In D I can write code such that I can know very early on that it has a good chance of actually working. In Python, I often find out about problems too late, and I have to rely on tests with good code coverage to make sure that very basic code works at all.
