Dammit Owen, I have a hard enough time getting my to-do list down to manageable proportions, and then you come along with something as cool as Sage.... -- Robert
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed; I think one of the best parts of python is how well it integrates C > code .. its sorta a "shell" for existing C libraries, in a fairly nice > language. > > I was blown away to see that Sage even has quick ways to integrate C code > with little of the usual python/C interface programming. They use Cython, > which lets you have either a python-like script which compiles to C, or a > near-trivial way to integrate C into Sage: > http://www.sagemath.org/doc/tut/node54.html > http://www.sagemath.org/doc/prog/node31.html > > More on Cython: > http://docs.cython.org/docs/tutorial.html#the-basics-of-cython > http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=116 > > And finally a slide set on Sage development: > http://sagemath.org/library/talks/20071114-sage_bristol/sage-slides.pdf > > I'm really excited by Sage. It just does what you'd like. Great latex > integration, good graphics, a web based notebook, with its own tiny web > server for local use. It just goes on and on. > > They really appreciate new users, along with good bug reports. And they > respond *really quickly*! > > -- Owen > > > > On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > > Owen Densmore wrote: >> >>> - It integrates just about every open source math library into a python. >>>> I had no idea just how much of scientific computing had moved to python. >>>> R, for example has rpy. The entire GSL (Gnu Science Library) has pygsl. >>>> Somehow numpy/scipy/matplotlib all got rationally integrated as the >>>> matrix/plotting underpinnings. >>>> >>> As a user one might think Python, but the implementations are still >> reference ones (e.g. non-Python). >> I think this is the way to go. It's crazy to reimplement huge swaths of >> functionality every time a slightly better language comes along.. >> Especially delicate codes like this. >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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