This. I'm as hardcore C programmer as they come and I still find it better to start with Python and reimplement in C when the application becomes familiar and f

This. I'm as hardcore C programmer as they come and I still find it better to start with Python and reimplement in C when the application becomes familiar and finite. It's faster, easier and cheaper. The basic notion is that every bit of code is better the second time its written, and C development is just too slow for the first iteration.