Jonathon's points are great.
I would add in the web enabled world, the UI layer could be setup to
call services on a backend server you host and control. That way only
the UI layer is being distributed to the customer and the valuable logic
is protected behind your firewall. This is called Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) and is gaining popularity (please forgive the buzz
word). I'm not sure if it would work fast enough for your specific
needs but it is one option. If anything SOA helps me think about the
distinct layers of an application and how they relate, even if it is all
running inside just one machine.
Java would be a middle ground compiled language, compared to C. There
is a nice math package by apache commons I have used for stats in java.
Best,
Laurence
Rich Shepard wrote:
Python is an interpreted scripting language with outstanding
mathematical
libraries and a great UI development tool in wxPython. Unlike complied
languages such as C the underlying code is visible to everyone who
looks at
it. This is a problem when the application is unique and proprietary.
Consider the context. Suppose you wrote an application that analyzed
-- in
real time -- a commercial building's energy use and made adjustments that
saved 50% of the energy formerly consumed. You want to sell this
application
to building owners and managers but you don't want actual or potential
competitors to appropriate your intellectual property that figuring
out the
energy savings represents. It's your business, your ideas, and your
potential source of financial independence. How would you protect the
underlying source code from being mis-used by a potential competitor when
you sold your application to clients?
My situation is analogous and I don't want to start over by re-writing
everything in C. Your suggestions and recommendations are wanted.
Rich
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