Should I learn C++ or Python?

Re:Should I learn C++ or Python? by Waterluvian on Monday February 13, 2017 @10:37PM (#13640958)

I always make the woodworking analogy. You don't hear people say "I'm a huge router fan." "I'm a tack hammer kind of gal." "I was born a radial arm saw user and I'll die one!"

Maybe you want to make cabinets, or houses, or decks. Pick the tools that help you make what you want to make.

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Re:Should I learn C++ or Python? by pekk on Monday February 13, 2017 @11:35PM (#13641173)

To take an example, Java can be used for a great many things. It's nowhere near as specialized as a tack hammer. So this isn't as easy a decision as you are making out.

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Re:Should I learn C++ or Python? by AstralStorm on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @01:59AM (#13641762)

Technically, you should learn the most general tools first. Java is not one, it is designed to be explicitly limited.

Both Python and C++ are general albeit Python had a major disadvantage in performance while C++ in clarity. (That said, more modern versions of both have the disadvantages reduced.)

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Re:Should I learn C++ or Python? by grzm on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @02:00AM (#13641765)

How is Java "designed to be explicitly limited"? It's a general purpose programming language with a huge number of libraries available.

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Re:Should I learn C++ or Python? by crusso on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:01AM (#13642914)

It's really not that hard. First decide what kind of stuff you want to do, find some people currently doing it, use whatever tools they're using.

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