Well from the looks of it - I'm late. :/
I won't get started on using gets()/getch()/conio, or the rather blasphemous statement of conio being a standard.
I won't get started on C being the almighty language of the Gods.
I wont get started on whether C's syntax is similar to Python...wait what?! Ok I just might...
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PHP:
vote_count = {}
while page_index < page_count:
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if page_index > 0:
url += '-'+str(page_index+1)
url += '.html'
page_index += 1
print url
response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
page = response.read()
response.close()
parsed_page = BeautifulSoup(page)
pat = re.compile("^post_message_.*")
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result=parsed_page.findAll('div', attrs={'id': pat})[1:]
// Omitted for brevity
Now, does that look even remotely similar to C? (Please don't answer that -it's rhetorical)
I mean, sure, you can
print 'Hello Python' and
prinf('Hello C') and claim presto! They're roughly the same, while not even considering that C is a strongly typed language while Python is duck typed. Sheesh. If you still consider the syntax of both the languages is same, Ronaldo here wants to have a word with you:
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Well, know what I lied. I'm gonna pick up on speed now. You say C is fast - Really? You don't say. What gave it away? The fact that it is closer to ASM constructs or the fact that it's compiled? You don't need a fvking review/benchmark to know that C is faster than Python. Ok, I'll use your figures,
Clearly the syntax is not so different and C is ~23x faster than python. ~3 seconds to do things that can be done in python in ~50 seconds
When you finish your cookie, you might realize that you missed one thing - the programmer's plight. Confused? Lemme rephrase.
Clearly the syntax is very different and writing programs in C is ~23x harder than in python. ~50 seconds to do things that are done in python in ~3 seconds
I'd say, that sums it up. Sure C's faster but at an expense. You take more time to write programs in C than in Python. Same goes for debugging them too.
I'll admit I have a soft spot for C++ as it was the very first language I learnt, but the truth be told I no longer develop in it unless it absolutely calls for the very low level tasks (Low Level Hooks and stuff). When it's only a matter of learning logic, algorithms and getting accustomed to constucts - Python is easier than C/C++. Sure, anyone should then jump to C++ to experience what it is (a different beast in totality), but terming other languages as slow/bad/crap just goes to show the intellect of an individual. I'd quote it again (I happen to quote this a lot - oddly enough it fails to register on people)
There are no good or bad languages but the right tools for the right job.
BTW doesnt the OS module of python handle things like you mentioned?
If it was, he surely would write the process sceduler, memory management codes in python, cause its oh-so-easy to write 'portable' and working code with python! Hail python
