Fitting all human knowledge in a box

[moj3]

https://monadical.com/posts/knowledge-in-box.html

[kenniskrag]

> In C++, tons of information is needed from the user in order to make it work, while Python comes with a lot of built-in data structures like vectors, dictionaries and iterators that make it easier to use right out of the box.

just wrong

[ktpsns → kenniskrag]

The "tons of knowledge" are "just" the STL. It is a template library and thus needs knowledge of the concept of templating.

So that's quite some knowledge required compared to list usage in Python, which doesn't require a single include line.

Of course, the situation is basically the same if you replace C++ by Java. Or Python by Ruby.

[kenniskrag → ktpsns]

The difference is strong typed vs. loosely typed languages. In an IDE you see a popup with a "quick fix" for missing includes.

[alexchamberlain]

The think the punchline was they used Cython to wrap a C++ library, which is its purpose. They had to understand the GIL and callbacks.