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Soulstorm · Aug 8th, 2007, 2:23 AM

Learning programming, I stumbled upon some problems I have.

I am fairly proficient with C++, and Objective C with Cocoa, and I have developed programs that many people use with Cocoa. But lately, I had the idea of writing my own parser in C++ (I think that for this task I should avoid Objective C).

However, I found that C++ can be very frustrating when writing a parser, even a recursive descent one. So, I decided to learn another language.

So, what I want is a language that can be used in conjunction with C++. I want to be able to write parsers in it, and then use the results with C++. And I want to write it on OS X.

I was thinking of learning Python, but I thought I should ask someone first. Your ideas?

Aug 8th, 2007, 2:23 AM	#1
Soulstorm Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menidi, Athens, Greece Posts: 243 Rep Power: 3	Thinking of programming in Python but I need some advice... Learning programming, I stumbled upon some problems I have. I am fairly proficient with C++, and Objective C with Cocoa, and I have developed programs that many people use with Cocoa. But lately, I had the idea of writing my own parser in C++ (I think that for this task I should avoid Objective C). However, I found that C++ can be very frustrating when writing a parser, even a recursive descent one. So, I decided to learn another language. So, what I want is a language that can be used in conjunction with C++. I want to be able to write parsers in it, and then use the results with C++. And I want to write it on OS X. I was thinking of learning Python, but I thought I should ask someone first. Your ideas? __________________ Project::Soulstorm (personal homepage)