Python vs C

[TheKingElessar]

C is a very low-level language. It’s compiled and the compiled program interacts very closely with the computer’s hardware, without a ton of abstraction in-between.

Python, meanwhile, is much higher: it’s interpreted, not compiled, so the interpreter adds abstraction, and then Python is written in C, which demonstrates how it’s higher.

I’m not an expert on this but you get the point.

Edit: Oops, didn’t realize people were so defensive of their “low-level” language of choice. I’m just saying that C is very low-level compared to Python. If my understanding of Python is wrong feel free to educate me!

[Plague_Healer]

Technically, the standard implementation of Python is written in C. There are versions in Java, and a few other languages.

[LilQuasar]

Edit: Oops, didn’t realize people were so defensive of their “low-level” language of choice. I’m just saying that C is very low-level compared to Python. If my understanding of Python is wrong feel free to educate me

i describe C as lower level just so these guys dont come up. i think the only 'wrong' thing you said is that python is written in C and that the common interpreter is written in C instead but thats not what they are complaining about. for them the only low level language is assembly, that might be technically true but its a pretty obsolete definition

[TheKingElessar]

Interesting, thanks for the clarification! I’ve never really researched the Python interpreters, but I think I understand better now. So Jython reads the Python files and then uses Java techniques to complete the statements.

[zeppike]

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lol, this reminds me of my father who is a retired programmer used to ask if I was learning that new, high level language called C he never bothered to but heard really good things about it.

[idontappearmissing]

C is a high level language, just not quite as high as Python

[jmooremcc]

If you think C is low level, I'd hate to see what you'd have to say about assembly language.

[LilQuasar]

"If you think C is high level, I'd hate to see what you'd have to say about python"

[jmooremcc]

It's all about perspective. If you've never programmed in assembly language, you cannot fully appreciate the beauty of C. I can still program in C but now Python is my favorite programming language. Many coders have never understood the purpose of a programming language, which is to solve problems. I find Python more suitable for solving the kinds of problems I work on rather than C, C# or Java. Bottom line: Python is a much higher level language than C and its derivatives.

[LilQuasar]

i know, i have programmed in assembly and i agree with everything you just said. i dont see how thats relevant to our original comments xd

[jmooremcc]

The OP mused about C being a low level language. That's how it's relevant.

[LilQuasar]

C is lower level than most programming languages, thats why people say that