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Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes |
Date: |
30 Mar 2007 20:47:29 -0500 |
"Ondrej Certik" <address@hidden> writes:
| > I don't know which C++ you're talking about, but the one that I use on
| > daily basis and work on has lists (std::list), dictionaries (std::map,
| > std::multimap, etc.), has many garbage collectors as libraries with
| > a popular one freely available from Hans Boehm's web site -- industrial
| > strengh. You don't have to use pointers in C++ if you don't need to.
| > Many languages claim they don't have pointers, but represent
| > everything as pointers. You can have everything dynamic in C++ if
| > that really is hat you want. And, by the way it has a library for
| > easly interfacing with Python -- check out Boost.Python from Boost.
| >
| > Let's our ignorance not interfer with reality.
|
| I also use C++ frequently, Boot.Python is very, very slow to compile,
| better is to use SWIG. Hans Boehm garbage collector is of course a
| nice thing, but the STL lists, map and stuff is very cumbersome to use
| compared to python.
That is a remarkably different statement that the ones you made earlier.
# Well, at least Python and Ruby are much higher level than C++ (there
# are lists, dictionaries, garbage collector, no pointers, it's dynamic,
# etc.). And also many times slower.
I should have guessed.
| Compare for example GiNaC and SymPy's
| implementation of the same algorithms - SymPy is like 1/2 (or even
| more) smaller, because C++ is very, very verbose.
Now, you're elevating the properties of a particular library to that
of a language and language library. I'll refrain from qualifying that
process and leave it at that.
-- Gaby
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, (continued)
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ondrej Certik, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, gdr, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ondrej Certik, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, gdr, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ondrej Certik, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ondrej Certik, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes,
Gabriel Dos Reis <=
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ondrej Certik, 2007/03/31
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Bill Page, 2007/03/30
- Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/03/30
- [Axiom-developer] Re: domains with parameters versus Python classes, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/03/30