Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:31:58 +0100
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> boring babbled:

On 12.11.2024 10:21, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:14:20 +0100
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> boring babbled:

On 11.11.2024 11:06, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:

[ Q: why some prefer Python over C++ ]

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Because of its simpler syntax and less syntactical ballast compared
to C++?

 
When you're dealing with something as complicated and frankly ineffable as
an AI model I doubt syntactic quirks of the programming language matter that
much in comparison.

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Oh, I would look at it differently; in whatever application domain I
program I want a syntactic clear and well defined language.

In which case I'd go with a statically typed language like C++ every time
ahead of a dynamic one like python.

Surely you'd want the fastest implementation possible and
in this case it would be C++.

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Speed is one factor (to me), and expressiveness or "modeling power"
(OO) is another one. I also appreciate consistently defined languages
and quality of error catching and usefulness of diagnostic messages.
(There's some more factors, but...)

C++ is undeniably powerful, but I think the majority would agree now that
its syntax has become an unwieldy mess.