Comments on: Python vs C for performance http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/ Assorted geekery Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:40:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lorg http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-22 lorg Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:19:37 +0000 http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/#comment-22 It's ok... I actually prefer to have the pingback. Congrats on the move! :) It’s ok… I actually prefer to have the pingback. Congrats on the move! :)

]]> By: Luke Maurits http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Luke Maurits Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:35:04 +0000 http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/#comment-21 I only just converted my blog to Wordpress and imported my old entires, which is why you've only just now got a pingback for this rather old entry. I didn't anticipate this problem, or else I'd have probably disabled pingbacks for the duration of the import, sorry. I certainly didn't mean to imply that C was irrelevant today. Looking back at it, the "without a compelling argument in favour of it" part of my statement probably should have been elaborated to make it clear that compelling arguments do exist in a lot of cases, like writing operating systems or software for small embedded environments. I only just converted my blog to Wordpress and imported my old entires, which is why you’ve only just now got a pingback for this rather old entry. I didn’t anticipate this problem, or else I’d have probably disabled pingbacks for the duration of the import, sorry.

I certainly didn’t mean to imply that C was irrelevant today. Looking back at it, the “without a compelling argument in favour of it” part of my statement probably should have been elaborated to make it clear that compelling arguments do exist in a lot of cases, like writing operating systems or software for small embedded environments.

]]> By: lorg http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-20 lorg Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:03:46 +0000 http://luke.maurits.id.au/blog/2009/09/python-vs-c-for-performance/#comment-20 I just now saw the pingback from your blog, which is a bit strange. In any case: 1. In my blog post, I was not talking about numerical algorithms specifically. I don't usually write them. Afaik, optimizing numerical algorithms is usually about moving as much code as you can into built-in loops, and doing as little as possible in your own code. 2. C today is still relevant. There are areas of work where it is almost irreplaceable. There are other places where it is just preferred. I just now saw the pingback from your blog, which is a bit strange.
In any case:
1. In my blog post, I was not talking about numerical algorithms specifically. I don’t usually write them. Afaik, optimizing numerical algorithms is usually about moving as much code as you can into built-in loops, and doing as little as possible in your own code.
2. C today is still relevant. There are areas of work where it is almost irreplaceable. There are other places where it is just preferred.

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