Re: [Tutor] From C to Python

2007-07-05 Thread Kent Johnson
Alan Gauld wrote: > "Dhruva Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> Also, i couldn't find the keywords for data encapsulation >> ( private protected in c++ ).. > > More seriously, much of the data protection used in C++ is > due to the contraints of using a static, strictly typed data model. > Once

Re: [Tutor] From C to Python

2007-07-05 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dhruva Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Ok, i get the idea about the referencing, but i got some (;-)) > doubts : Many C/C++ programs find the transition a bit scary at first because they are giving up control of the low level details. But the truth is that in higher level languages like

Re: [Tutor] From C to Python

2007-07-05 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, philosophically every object "name" is a pointer to a PyObject on C level. The only difference is, that you cannot do anything but assign these pointers (no pointer arithmetic) and memory is managed automatically. If you want to know what happen

Re: [Tutor] From C to Python

2007-07-05 Thread Kent Johnson
Dhruva Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > I am a C guy wanting to switch to Python for some > application-type-tasks that might be done in Python much quicker and > sooner and smaller than in C...I have fiddled around with Python and > looked through the tutorial, but i'm a bit lost when there are no

[Tutor] From C to Python

2007-07-05 Thread Dhruva Kulkarni
Hi, I am a C guy wanting to switch to Python for some application-type-tasks that might be done in Python much quicker and sooner and smaller than in C...I have fiddled around with Python and looked through the tutorial, but i'm a bit lost when there are no pointers ( pun intended! ). I coul