On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:
I'd go with python as the default language for anything > that doesn't require speed or access to the metal. > For a beginner, python has the bonus that > indentation is part of the syntax. > > For speed, one can use C, fortran, java, C++ or assembly. > For access to the metal, one can use C, C++ or assembly. > With the right kind of linker tricks, I suspect one could also use fortran. > > At my current job, I program in C and assembly for AVRs. > My first program here was in python. > It replaced a venerable perl program. > The venerable wouldn't run after a perl interpreter update. > > Defaults aside, the choice of language can be strongly > influenced by the additives available. > Some of my current python code uses > a serial IO library and a GUI library. > Without them, I might have chosen differently. > Perl is noted for having lots of additives available. > > -- > Michael > Yes, C is a rich and old language but Python is not that bad, but I know perl is replacing that. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia
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