I enjoy using C++ from Python through Cython. This way you can have the speed and memory tightness of C++ where it matters, but do the other stuff, like initia

I enjoy using C++ from Python through Cython. This way you can have the speed and memory tightness of C++ where it matters, but do the other stuff, like initial data parsing and munging or overall control and sequencing in Python, thus avoiding the general clumsiness and unproductivity of C++