Python vs. C#

Just for lazy programmers who try to change the reality to fit their laziness, from now on, I will put some sample codes comparing Python and C#. Lazy developers usually claim about the existence of dynamic languages and new programming concepts, without considering their success during these years and even facts that even Micro$oft tries to support them more and more. DLR an F#, and even declarative parts of new C# proves that.

This is a simple binary serialization of a simple dictionary in both languages. We need an array of bytes containing serialized data (e.g. to put in a RDBMS field). After that, I added a line to tell us the length of stream. After comparing 'lines of code' and complexity, you can even compare the 'Binary' size in C# and Python:

C# Code:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace TestDicPack

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();

Dictionary<string, int> dic = new Dictionary<string, int>();

dic.Add("a", 2);

dic.Add("b", 3);

BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

formatter.Serialize(mem, dic);

byte[] result = mem.ToArray();

Console.WriteLine(result.Length);

Console.ReadLine();

}

}

}

Result:

1380

Python Code:

import pickle

dic={'a':2,'b':3}

result=pickle.dumps(dic,2)

print len(result)

Result:

22