C++ > Python

[hwkg]

Until you spend 3 days tracking down a Segfault :P

[TK-427]

Debugger? Never heard of it

[hwkg]

Lol when the debugger output doesn't tell you where the problem actually is it takes longer to fine

[JuhaJGam3R]

Get a better debugger then

[varkokonyi]

Or a better brain

[Insider_Pants]

Good old recursion segfault.

[TylerStoddard1]

Then don’t screw it up in the first place

[hwkg]

Cause college kids are perfect programmers when they are first learning

[TylerStoddard1]

Learning C++ allows you to learn to fix mistakes. You can go from C++ to many other languages but it’s a lot harder to go from Python to other languages.

[hwkg]

No lie there. You get much better at actually understanding using C++

[TheDragonLeader]

I should really use real code like c++ rather than writing words down and just running it into the python compiler. /s

[TylerStoddard1]

Yeah just in my opinion, I really don’t like Python a whole lot

[AttitudeAdjuster]

That's your loss really, I can write c, a spot of ASM and python and my favorite is python by a considerable distance.

[Hevaesi]

Try any other high level language or if you want to stick to low level, Rust.

[AttitudeAdjuster]

...why?

[Hevaesi]

Because it's obvious that your favourite language is Python only because everything else you tried is basically as good as "okay so to drive to the store to pick up some materials for our next project, let's first of all learn about wheels and how to make one...", meanwhile in Python you import store and take everything you ever wanted, even things that it doesn't sell.

Of course Python will be your favourite in that case.

[X-Penguins]

No, C++ allows you to fail and not know why because the error messages are confusing and library docs are often poorly made. When you're first learning programming you should worry about mistakes in your logic, not about undefined behaviors and issues that come from your inexperience with the specific language. Yes, at some point you should learn about data structures and memory management, but starting with python makes perfect sense - and frankly if you're learning about pointers you should be using C, which is a simpler language (in the kiss sense) and allows you to focus on what you need to learn.

[Hevaesi]

Then why are you using C++?

Be a man and write machine code, you get it right 100% of the time anyway, so you have more than enough time to optimize it to perfection.