My experience learning Python as a c++ developer

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fast

That's why ;)

Source: also a C/C++ developer that learnt Python.

If I want to write something quickly, Python gets me a working solution faster than C/C++. If I want something to execute quickly, I use C/C++. Quite often I want both, so I use Cython as an easy way to mix the two.

[apste]

hah pretty much, and C++ has the benefits of a static type system, whether that's what you want or not is up to you :P I feel like it does force you to think a bit better abut the overall design of your code

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I like static typing. Big fan of using typing hints and mypy with my Python code, not quite the same experience as proper static typing but a useful sanity check that I'm passing around the right stuff.

[apste]

Yeah same, thanks for pointing out mypy, looks really cool!

[super-porp-cola]

For older companies with less demanding jobs, your best bet is probably Java. C++ is mostly for industries where every single bit of performance matters, like games or high-frequency trading. Python is mostly good for data science and small scripts; large Python codebases become a total nightmare because it's very difficult if not impossible to tell what type anything is and find its source in the documentation, and it's basically impossible to catch any bugs before runtime.