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Python Productivity over C++

nbecker at fred.net nbecker at fred.net
Fri Jun 9 11:37:39 EDT 2000 
>>>>> "Bill" == Bill McClain <wmcclain at salamander.com> writes:

    Bill> What frustrates me about C++ is the enormous declarative overhead required
    Bill> to get anything done. Every class requires me to instruct the compiler on
    Bill> how to copy, assign, compare and reference objects, and how subclasses
    Bill> are allowed to inherit from the parent. STL works well for data structures,
    Bill> but the advanced features are very cumbersome.

    Bill> Much of this burden simply vanishes with Python.

I rarely need to do this for my classes.  Using STL heavily is a big
help.
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