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How many people code in C these days, and if so, why?
Wolfgang:
Well done. I'm almost sixty, and this year I had to learn Python, too, and I must say for instrument automation,
engineering and scientific tasks its better than C/C++. Being dumb is no problem - not learning something new is.
Karel:
jfiresto:
--- Quote from: Wolfgang on May 15, 2020, 10:23:27 pm ---Well done. I'm almost sixty, and this year I had to learn Python, too, and I must say for instrument automation,
engineering and scientific tasks its better than C/C++. Being dumb is no problem - not learning something new is.
--- End quote ---
A fun and rewarding aspect of Python is unlearning old habits from using C/C++. A couple decades of the latter (seasoned by a few years of TECO ::)) took about seven years to unlearn.
SimonR:
--- Quote from: jfiresto on May 16, 2020, 06:41:16 am ---
--- Quote from: Wolfgang on May 15, 2020, 10:23:27 pm ---Well done. I'm almost sixty, and this year I had to learn Python, too, and I must say for instrument automation,
engineering and scientific tasks its better than C/C++. Being dumb is no problem - not learning something new is.
--- End quote ---
A fun and rewarding aspect of Python is unlearning old habits from using C/C++. A couple decades of the latter (seasoned by a few years of TECO ::)) took about seven years to unlearn.
--- End quote ---
Interesting. I have to learn some python in the near future, What habits did you unlearn, what were they replaced with. In other words what traps are there for the unwary C programmer?
bd139:
One simple thing. Don't try and write C in python. Good book ... just speed read it though and do the setup and some of the exercises https://files.meetup.com/18552511/Learn%20Python%20The%20Hard%20Way%203rd%20Edition%20V413HAV.pdf
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