Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread Roy Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a difference between theory and practice. You know the difference between theory and practice? Well, in theory, there is no difference :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread Patrick Useldinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick Useldinger wrote: Depends on what language you know best. But Java is certainly easier to read than C++. There's certainly some irony in those last two sentences. However, I agree with the former. It depends on which you know better, the style of those who

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread cjl
Hey all: Thanks for the responses... I've found a third open source implementation in pascal (delphi), and was wondering how well that would translate to python? -cjl -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread Bill Mill
On 29 Mar 2005 11:02:38 -0800, cjl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all: Thanks for the responses... I've found a third open source implementation in pascal (delphi), and was wondering how well that would translate to python? cjl, I think that the responses on the list so far collectively

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread Patrick Useldinger
cjl wrote: I've found a third open source implementation in pascal (delphi), and was wondering how well that would translate to python? Being old enough to have programmed in UCSD Pascal on an Apple ][ (with a language card, of course), I'd say: go for Pascal! ;-) --

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-29 Thread Peter Herndon
If you have three different implementations, and can read all three of them well enough to understand the code, use all three. If you are going to port software from one language to another, and want to reimplement it properly in your target language, you won't be porting word-for-word anyway.

Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread cjl
Hey all: I'm working on a 'pure' python port of some existing software. Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference? I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread Patrick Useldinger
cjl wrote: Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference? I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on which language is easier to understand / rewrite as python. Depends

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Patrick Useldinger wrote: cjl wrote: Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference? I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on which language is easier

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread Kent Johnson
cjl wrote: Hey all: I'm working on a 'pure' python port of some existing software. Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference? I haven't touched C++ in a long time, my experience porting Java

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread Stefan Seefeld
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick Useldinger wrote: cjl wrote: Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference? I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on which language

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread Roy Smith
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], cjl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all: I'm working on a 'pure' python port of some existing software. Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open source) in C++ and in Java. Which would be easier for me to use as a reference?

Re: Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

2005-03-28 Thread alainpoint
Patrick Useldinger wrote: cjl wrote: Depends on what language you know best. But Java is certainly easier to read than C++. There is a difference between theory and practice. In theory, Java is easier to read than C++. In practice however, the average Java programmer is MUCH less talented