Re: [IPOL discuss] Python as a platform for reproducible research (... not!)

2013-11-20 Thread Miguel Colom
Hi all, this is the classic problem of software libraries changing their interfaces along the time and breaking the code that depends upon it. It's not related only to Python, but to any software using libraries. Indeed, we have the same problem in IPOL with the C libraries. We decide

Re: [IPOL discuss] Python as a platform for reproducible research (... not!)

2013-11-20 Thread Miguel Colom
Quoting Ofer ofer.bar...@weizmann.ac.il: If c++ code also needs to be maintained, then do you think c++ is easier to maintain than python code? Lets focus on the language and assume for the discussion that the c++ libraries allowed by IPOL exist and are stable in python. In my opinion, once

Re: [IPOL discuss] Python as a platform for reproducible research (... not!)

2013-11-20 Thread Pascal Monasse
Hi Miguel, I do not quite agree with your statements : - C/C++ are languages that have passed international standards. That is why if your code respects such standard, the compilers being compliant, you should never have to change a single line of code. - Concerning the libraries, it is

Re: [IPOL discuss] Python as a platform for reproducible research (... not!)

2013-11-20 Thread Miguel Colom
Quoting Pascal Monasse mona...@imagine.enpc.fr: Hi Miguel, Hi Pascal, I do not quite agree with your statements : - C/C++ are languages that have passed international standards. That is why if your code respects such standard, the compilers being compliant, you should never have to