Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

Additional complexity

It is not a secret that developing applications in many different languages is not an easy task. Python and C are completely different technologies and it is very hard to find anything that they have in common. It is also true that there is no application that is free of bugs. If extensions become common in your code base, debugging can become painful. Not only because debugging of C code requires completely different workflow and tools, but also because you will need to switch context between two different languages very often.

We are all humans and all have limited cognitive capabilities. There are, of course, people who can handle multiple layers of abstraction at the same time efficiently but they seem to be a very ...