>One of the conclusions is that script languages such as Python or Perl are about 2-3 times as fast to program with than Java or C/C++, at least in the small projects
the biggest problem of all, is people with experience in small projects trying to apply that to large ones. Working on a million LOC program and a 20k LOC program simply can not be compared. We can speak of orders of magnitude difference, but unless you've worked on very large systems, you really don't have a clue.
And of course, the vast majority of people who have time to write books and papers work on the small systems.
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>One of the conclusions is that script languages such as Python or Perl are about 2-3 times as fast to program with than Java or C/C++, at least in the small projects
the biggest problem of all, is people with experience in small projects trying to apply that to large ones. Working on a million LOC program and a 20k LOC program simply can not be compared. We can speak of orders of magnitude difference, but unless you've worked on very large systems, you really don't have a clue.
And of course, the vast majority of people who have time to write books and papers work on the small systems.