Task: Determine if two triangles overlap
C++: #include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
using namespace std;

typedef std::pair<double, double> TriPoint;

inline double Det2D(TriPoint &p1, TriPoint &p2, TriPoint &p3) 
{
	return +p1.first*(p2.second-p3.second)
		+p2.first*(p3.second-p1.second)
		+p3.first*(p1.second-p2.second);
}

void CheckTriWinding(TriPoint &p1, TriPoint &p2, TriPoint &p3, bool allowReversed)
{
	double detTri = Det2D(p1, p2, p3);
	if(detTri < 0.0)
	{
		if (allowReversed)
		{
			TriPoint a = p3;
			p3 = p2;
			p2 = a;
		}
		else throw std::runtime_error("triangle has wrong winding direction");
	}
}

bool BoundaryCollideChk(TriPoint &p1, TriPoint &p2, TriPoint &p3, double eps)
{
	return Det2D(p1, p2, p3) < eps;
}

bool BoundaryDoesntCollideChk(TriPoint &p1, TriPoint &p2, TriPoint &p3, double eps)
{
	return Det2D(p1, p2, p3) <= eps;
}

bool TriTri2D(TriPoint *t1,
	TriPoint *t2,
	double eps = 0.0, bool allowReversed = false, bool onBoundary = true)
{
	
	CheckTriWinding(t1[0], t1[1], t1[2], allowReversed);
	CheckTriWinding(t2[0], t2[1], t2[2], allowReversed);

	bool (*chkEdge)(TriPoint &, TriPoint &, TriPoint &, double) = NULL;
	if(onBoundary) 
		chkEdge = BoundaryCollideChk;
	else 
		chkEdge = BoundaryDoesntCollideChk;

	
	for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
	{
		int j=(i+1)%3;

		
		
		if (chkEdge(t1[i], t1[j], t2[0], eps) &&
			chkEdge(t1[i], t1[j], t2[1], eps) &&
			chkEdge(t1[i], t1[j], t2[2], eps))
			return false;
	}

	
	for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
	{
		int j=(i+1)%3;

		
		
		if (chkEdge(t2[i], t2[j], t1[0], eps) &&
			chkEdge(t2[i], t2[j], t1[1], eps) &&
			chkEdge(t2[i], t2[j], t1[2], eps))
			return false;
	}

	
	return true;
}

int main()
{
	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(5,0),TriPoint(0,5)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(5,0),TriPoint(0,6)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2) << "," << true << endl;}

	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(0,5),TriPoint(5,0)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(0,5),TriPoint(5,0)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2, 0.0, true) << "," << true << endl;}

	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(5,0),TriPoint(0,5)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(-10,0),TriPoint(-5,0),TriPoint(-1,6)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2) << "," << false << endl;}

	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(5,0),TriPoint(2.5,5)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(0,4),TriPoint(2.5,-1),TriPoint(5,4)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2) << "," << true << endl;}

	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(1,1),TriPoint(0,2)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(2,1),TriPoint(3,0),TriPoint(3,2)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2) << "," << false << endl;}

	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(1,1),TriPoint(0,2)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(2,1),TriPoint(3,-2),TriPoint(3,4)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2) << "," << false << endl;}

	
	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(1,0),TriPoint(0,1)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(1,0),TriPoint(2,0),TriPoint(1,1)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2, 0.0, false, true) << "," << true << endl;}

	
	{TriPoint t1[] = {TriPoint(0,0),TriPoint(1,0),TriPoint(0,1)};
	TriPoint t2[] = {TriPoint(1,0),TriPoint(2,0),TriPoint(1,1)};
	cout << TriTri2D(t1, t2, 0.0, false, false) << "," << false << endl;}

}

Python: from __future__ import print_function
import numpy as np

def CheckTriWinding(tri, allowReversed):
	trisq = np.ones((3,3))
	trisq[:,0:2] = np.array(tri)
	detTri = np.linalg.det(trisq)
	if detTri < 0.0:
		if allowReversed:
			a = trisq[2,:].copy()
			trisq[2,:] = trisq[1,:]
			trisq[1,:] = a
		else: raise ValueError("triangle has wrong winding direction")
	return trisq

def TriTri2D(t1, t2, eps = 0.0, allowReversed = False, onBoundary = True):
	
	t1s = CheckTriWinding(t1, allowReversed)
	t2s = CheckTriWinding(t2, allowReversed)

	if onBoundary:
		
		chkEdge = lambda x: np.linalg.det(x) < eps
	else:
		
		chkEdge = lambda x: np.linalg.det(x) <= eps

	
	for i in range(3):
		edge = np.roll(t1s, i, axis=0)[:2,:]

		
		
		if (chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t2s[0]))) and
			chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t2s[1]))) and  
			chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t2s[2])))):
			return False

	
	for i in range(3):
		edge = np.roll(t2s, i, axis=0)[:2,:]

		
		
		if (chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t1s[0]))) and
			chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t1s[1]))) and  
			chkEdge(np.vstack((edge, t1s[2])))):
			return False

	
	return True

if __name__=="__main__":
	t1 = [[0,0],[5,0],[0,5]]
	t2 = [[0,0],[5,0],[0,6]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2), True)

	t1 = [[0,0],[0,5],[5,0]]
	t2 = [[0,0],[0,6],[5,0]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2, allowReversed = True), True)

	t1 = [[0,0],[5,0],[0,5]]
	t2 = [[-10,0],[-5,0],[-1,6]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2), False)

	t1 = [[0,0],[5,0],[2.5,5]]
	t2 = [[0,4],[2.5,-1],[5,4]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2), True)

	t1 = [[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]
	t2 = [[2,1],[3,0],[3,2]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2), False)

	t1 = [[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]
	t2 = [[2,1],[3,-2],[3,4]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2), False)

	
	t1 = [[0,0],[1,0],[0,1]]
	t2 = [[1,0],[2,0],[1,1]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2, onBoundary = True), True)

	
	t1 = [[0,0],[1,0],[0,1]]
	t2 = [[1,0],[2,0],[1,1]]
	print (TriTri2D(t1, t2, onBoundary = False), False)