About programing, a general question

[Parshwa Murdia]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Michael Hennebry <
hennebry at 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.


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Regards,
Parshwa Murdia
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