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user_none · 02-01-2011, 07:39 AM

Porting a large complex application from one programming language to another is a terrible way to learn. Calibre uses a lot of Pythonisms (list comprehension and lambda expressions for instance) which don't translate well to C++. All you're going to learn is how to turn Python into bad C++.

02-01-2011, 07:39 AM	#3
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Porting a large complex application from one programming language to another is a terrible way to learn. Calibre uses a lot of Pythonisms (list comprehension and lambda expressions for instance) which don't translate well to C++. All you're going to learn is how to turn Python into bad C++.