Python • Re: Is Python the best choice, instead of C or C#?

I believe its very similar to C

If you mean Python is similar to C, then no, it is not!

Python is an "interpreted" language, slow but quite elegant (IMHO), and very very capable. It has extensive runtime libraries that can do almost anything.

C is a "compiled" language. Fast and powerful. Most OS's and many tools and libraries are written C.
The main system library is written in C and much of the vast Python stuff is actually written in C. In fact more than half the worlds software is written in C!
Some might argue otherwise, but I posit that C is the fastest language available on the Pi (faster than hand written assembler for realistic sized programs).

Both C and Python are native to the Raspberry Pi OS, that is they come pre-installed and ready to use.

Statistics: Posted by jahboater — Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:02 pm

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