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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Victor Subervi <victorsubervi@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT
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On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:28:35 +0800
Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Victor Subervi wrote:
> > toward a low-level language. I am not good in any :( I'm thinking
> > Java's
> 
> Assembler?
> 
> > probably my best bet, just because there are more Java programmers
> > out there than any other language (I think). But what about C++ or
> > C#? Your comments
> 
> I would use a combination out of C and C++.
> 
> Even if there are more Java programmers out there, they not have the 
> experience of the most C/C++ programmers.
> 
> Erich

Yes, C/C++ would be ideal as low level language combo.

But a hybrid approach is not bad either, e.g. C/C++ for bottlenecks
that ought to be fast, Python for everything else. You can nicely mix
and match Python and C/C++ with tools like SWIG or with the
Boost.Python C++ library. Give it a try, you won't regret it.

Even if only while developping pure C/C++ code, it ain't bad to use
a hybrid approach for unit testing, rapid prototyping etc. during
development.

Happy new year to all.
-cpghost.

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