On Aug 22, 11:17 am, "Krishnakant Mane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi william, > I am slightly more experienced in python than you (2 years to be presise). > Before this I handled pritty heavy as in coding and as in usage > projects in java. > Untill I came into the wonderful and powerful world of free software, > I programmed in c++ using borlands c++ compiler and IDE. > But having all this experience (I still use c for some system > programming), python has hooked me. > I am so hooked up to python that I have explored all things that is > possible in python to the extent of zope and python cgi. > If you find that wxpython is any harder then try java swing. > By the way have you looked at pygtk. It is not just rich with widgets > from gtk but also has great power and flexibility. > And since you know wxpython, learning pygtk would be a snap. > But as the saying goes, "one shoo does not fit all ". > Obviously if you are thinking about system programming like writing > device drivers etc, you will have to keep c in your programming > thinkbox. > And I find php much better comfortable and powerfull enough for web > server programming/ scripting. > I can only say one thing. > If vb facinated you on windows then, python is a cross platform vb > with power of c in many aspects. > although as fellow hackers rightly said on this thread previously, > there is no harm learning some languages like java which have long > life. > Keep away from rubbish like c# and similar .net based language. > They are very short lived and lak many powerfull features. > Happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > > On 22/08/2008, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:17:27AM -0500, William Purcell wrote: > >> I am still wondering if C++ would be worth learning and I think it could > >> be > >> answered by these three questions... > > >> 1. Are programs written in C++ better (in any form of the word) than > >> programs written in python or vise versa or equal?
In some forms of "better", yes, in some forms, no, in others equal. > >> 2. Is compiled better than interpreted? If my program spends 99% of it's time in the gmpy module (which is compiled C code) doing complicated arithmetic, then there isn't much to be gained by compiling the remaining 1%, is there? > >> 3. Is it necessary to know any more languages than python to be a > >> respectable programmer, i.e. to be able to take care of most programming > >> problems (text manipulation, gui programming, scientific computation, web > >> stuff)? > > > I think the answer depends on what your goals are. If you want to be > > a well-rounded programmer, it's good to experience a number of > > different languages, so you can see different approaches to different > > problems. Languages like Python tend to obscure to some degree how > > things actually work inside the machine, whereas languages like C/C++ > > encourage that a bit more (though assembler much more so). > > > I think it's also a good idea to have more languages under your belt > > if you want to be a professional programmer. The more tools you have > > in your toolbox, the more marketable you are... > > > If you only want to learn to program to solve your own problems, then > > it doesn't really matter. The only reason to learn additional > > languages is if you find a case where what you've learned doesn't > > solve your problem, or the solution is a lot harder than it should be. > > > -- > > Derek D. Martin > >http://www.pizzashack.org/ > > GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
