Task: Numerical integration
C++: 
template<typename Method, typename F, typename Float>
 double integrate(F f, Float a, Float b, int steps, Method m)
{
  double s = 0;
  double h = (b-a)/steps;
  for (int i = 0; i < steps; ++i)
    s += m(f, a + h*i, h);
  return h*s;
}


class rectangular
{
public:
  enum position_type { left, middle, right };
  rectangular(position_type pos): position(pos) {}
  template<typename F, typename Float>
   double operator()(F f, Float x, Float h) const
  {
    switch(position)
    {
    case left:
      return f(x);
    case middle:
      return f(x+h/2);
    case right:
      return f(x+h);
    }
  }
private:
  const position_type position;
};

class trapezium
{
public:
  template<typename F, typename Float>
   double operator()(F f, Float x, Float h) const
  {
    return (f(x) + f(x+h))/2;
  }
};

class simpson
{
public:
  template<typename F, typename Float>
   double operator()(F f, Float x, Float h) const
  {
    return (f(x) + 4*f(x+h/2) + f(x+h))/6;
  }
};


double f(double x) { return x*x; }


double rl = integrate(f, 0.0, 1.0, 10, rectangular(rectangular::left));
double rm = integrate(f, 0.0, 1.0, 10, rectangular(rectangular::middle));
double rr = integrate(f, 0.0, 1.0, 10, rectangular(rectangular::right));
double t  = integrate(f, 0.0, 1.0, 10, trapezium());
double s  = integrate(f, 0.0, 1.0, 10, simpson());

Python: from fractions import Fraction

def left_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x)
 
def mid_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x + h/2)
 
def right_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x+h)
 
def trapezium(f,x,h):
  return (f(x) + f(x+h))/2.0
 
def simpson(f,x,h):
  return (f(x) + 4*f(x + h/2) + f(x+h))/6.0
 
def cube(x):
  return x*x*x
 
def reciprocal(x):
  return 1/x
 
def identity(x):
  return x
 
def integrate( f, a, b, steps, meth):
   h = (b-a)/steps
   ival = h * sum(meth(f, a+i*h, h) for i in range(steps))
   return ival  


for a, b, steps, func in ((0., 1., 100, cube), (1., 100., 1000, reciprocal)):
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule)))
    a, b = Fraction.from_float(a), Fraction.from_float(b)
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps and fractions) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               float(integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule))))


for a, b, steps, func in ((0., 5000., 5000000, identity),
                          (0., 6000., 6000000, identity)):
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule)))
    a, b = Fraction.from_float(a), Fraction.from_float(b)
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps and fractions) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               float(integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule))))