<i>You&#x27;re</i> at least 50x more productive at prototyping Python than in C.  I am too.  I know some veteran C++ programmers who are far more productive at prototyping in C++ than in Python, though.  And even for myself (who is a huge fan of dynamic programming languages), there are some tasks - eg. MapReduces - where I&#x27;ll prototype in C++ rather than Python because the integration with the framework and faster performance outweighs any gain from language constructs.