How would you compare the rate of productivity of C++ vs. Python ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Sabourenkov" <screwdriver@xxxxxxxxx> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:29 AM Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: any good?? > jcool bubu wrote: > > is Visual J++6 from the Ground Up any good for someone who is just now > > starting out? and i bought it for $1. is that good? > > > > It depends on what you are starting out in. > > If it's programming, I would definitely recommend putting Java aside and > tinkering with Python tutorial examples and pyGame demo programs. > > I now find (too late I'm afraid) that Python as a language does a really good > job of offloading boring syntactic details and library issues off one's head. > > It feels very concise. As a consequence, when writing in Python I tend to > think more of what I'm trying to accomplish, rather than of how to get around > language limitations and wade through syntactic jungles to make something > work. This, I feel, is even more important to a beginner. --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html