On 26 Mar 2007 06:47:18 -0700, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mar 26, 2:42 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 26 Mar 2007 06:20:32 -0700, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >OK... >> >I've been told that Both Fortran and Python are easy to read, and are >> >> Python is hugely easier to read. >> >> >quite useful in creating scientific apps for the number crunching, but >> >then Python is a tad slower than Fortran because of its a high level >> >> Fortran is massively faster than Python. >> >> >language nature, so what are the advantages of using Python for >> >creating number crunching apps over Fortran?? >> >> You can get the speed of fortran in Python by using libraries like >> Numeric without losing the readability of Python. >> > >Can you back this up with some source??
Half the code in Numeric was compiled from fortran. Need I go on? :) Jean-Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
