I just installed python I might start with 3. But there is version 2 out
too. So far I can '3+4' and get the answer. Nice. I typed the linux man page
and got a little info. So to learn this language is there an online
tutorial? I am interested in the scripting too.
Bill
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Grant Edwards invalid@invalid.invalid wrote in message
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On 2014-05-18, Bill Cunningham nospam@nspam.invalid wrote:
Does Python have good mathematical capabilities?
No.
It has very good numerical computation capabilities, but it does not
really
Does Python have good mathematical capabilities? I am interested in
learning a second language for mathematical purposes. I am considering
looking at python, perl, fortran, Adas out. It looked too complicated to
learn. Perl looked easy and I haven't really looked into python.
Bill
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Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote in message
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What does the word 'mathematical' connote for you?
On the whole the term is so wide that its hard to answer without some
more context.
For example there's numpy,scipy for
Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote in message
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You say you want to learn a *second* language, but you don't say what
your first language is. Nor do you say what sort of mathematics you wish
to do, or at what level. Depending on what you
