Python versus C Language
In this tutorial, we will understand the major differences from python to C language both programmatically as well as easiness of the language.
Python versus C
The following are the major differences from the python to C Language
| C language | Python Language |
|---|---|
| C is procedure-oriented programming language.It does not contain the features like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, etc. | Python is object-oriented oriented language. It contains features like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, etc. |
| Pointers concept is available in C. | Python does not use pointers. |
| C has do… while, while and for loops. | Python has while and for loops. |
| C has switch statement. | Python does not have switch statement. |
| The variable in for loop does not increment automatically. | The variable in the for loop increments automatically. |
| C programs execute faster. | Python programs are slower compared to C. PyPy flavor or Python programs run a bit faster but still slower than C. |
| It is compulsory to declare the datatypes of variables, arrays etc. in C. | Type declaration is not required in Python. |
| C language type discipline is static and weak. | Python type discipline is dynamic and strong. |
| C does not have exception handling facility and hence C programs are weak. | Python handles exceptions and hence Python programs are robust. |
| The programmer should allocate and deallocate memory using malloc(), calloc(), realloc() or free() functions. | Memory allocation and deallocation is done automatically by PVM. |
| C does not contain a garbage collector. | Automatic garbage collector is available in Python. |
| C supports single and multi-dimensional arrays. | Python supports only single dimensional arrays. To work with multi-dimensional arrays, we should use third party applications like numpy. |
| The array index should be positive integer. | Array index can be positive or negative integer number. Negative index represents locations from the end of the array. |
| Checking the location outside the allocation of an array is not supported in C. | Python performs checking outside an array for all iterations while looping. |
| C supports in-line assignments. | Python does not support in-line assignments. |
| A semicolon is used to terminate the statements in C and comma is used to separate expressions. | New line indicates end of the statements and semicolon is used as an expression separator. |
| Indentation of statements is not necessary in C. | Indentation is required to represent a block of statements. |