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Is Go faster than Python on Google App Engine?

What are the problems with using code converters (C# to Python) in Google App Engine or other hosting platforms?

  • I am a C# developer. But I want to use Google App Engine hosting for cost purposes. Can I use some code converters like DeveloperFusion (http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-python/) or SharpDevelop (http://codeconverter.sharpdevelop.net/SnippetConverter.aspx) to convert my C#  to Python? Basically, I will be developing small applications. Will there be huge bottlenecks using these code converters?

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    My experience is that code converters can do an incomplete job. I recently used one to convert C# poco cases to Java for use on an Android app. But C# has delegates, linq, and some other things that the converter just didn't know how to handle. So there was some cleanup needed afterward, and I think the Java developers preferred to go ahead and re-write te classes anyway.

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The appengine has certain APIs for handling web requests and to work with databases etc. So translating some e.g. .Net web service code will not just work. Apparently they don't have C# support like for some other languages, "For Java, Python, PHP, and Go, Google will continue to provide support and updates. We are considering support for other languages, but for a C# runtime, we suggest that users and vendors checkout the Custom Runtime support within App Engine Managed VMs." says the last comment from Nov 2014 there: https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=8

Toni Alatalo

No program knows what you were thining when you wrote that line, so even the best converters need a little cleaning up after the conversion. Even AI wouldn't help.  If I cnverted your code from one language to another (and I think I'm at least as intelligent as a computer), It still probably wouldn't be EXACTLY what you wanted.

Al Klein

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