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source code size metric: Python and modern C++

Pavel Vozenilek pavel_vozenilek at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Dec 1 21:09:28 EST 2002 
(I do not wish to start any religious war here, please.)

Guido van Rossum in his article
(http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html) compares C++ and
Python and finds Python source often 5-10 smaller than equivalent C++.

Has somebody experience what the situation is for modern C++ (the one
with STL, Boost, etc.)? I am interested in larger systems handling
complex data structures.

I will be glad to get info/links on this single metric, without going
into "who is better" discussion, please. I know the answer is _more_
complicated than single number and am curious on practical experience.

Thanks,
/Pavel
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