On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Cory Dominguez <[email protected]>wrote:
> As a very small response to this question. My name is Cory Dominguez and I > am a physics major at University of California at Santa Cruz. I am new to > this group but I am interested in contributing. This quarter I am taking a > class is Computational Physics where we have mainly looked at numerical > analysis with c++ and for the second half of the quarter we get a crash > course in Mathematica and do some symbolic analysis. I had heard of Sage > through my various stumbles around the internet and I am a great fan of > python. At least at my university, none of the professors I have talked to > even know of the open source tools available today. They rely instead on > software like Mathematica and Maple. I really wish that I had been aware of > software like matplotlib, numpy, and sympy during my lower division courses. > I think it could of increased my understanding tremendously. In my opinion > if you make undergraduates aware of these tools and they are allowed to get > used to them as they take their fundamental courses, then you lay a good > foundation for this group in the future. I remember how stoked I was to get > a TI-89 calculator, learning about sympy was like christmas. Exactly my feelings too, when I got to know about Sympy. :) SymPy sure needs more advertising. But maybe, we'll focus on that when we hit 1.0, I think. Thanks for the reply, Cory. > Cheers, > > Cory > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:51 AM, SherjilOzair <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A very smart and to-the-point question, Matthew. I've been wanting the >> answer to this question myself when working on my project. The answer >> to this question is critical for code writing. >> >> Another issue I would like to raise, that I believe is related to this >> topic, is a phrase in the Sympy Mission, >> >> "… while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be >> comprehensible and easily extensible." >> >> How do we, as coders, follow this maxim ? Do we sacrifice performance >> for readability ? Or is this line just their to emphasize our choice >> of choosing python as our language. A notable example which doesnt >> follow this guideline is the Polys internals. Comments ? >> >> As to the original question, is there any data of where/how Sympy is >> used ? >> If not, can we start collecting such data ? >> >> Thanks Matthew, once again, to raise such an important question. >> >> -Sherjil Ozair >> >> On May 12, 8:14 pm, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Do we have a clear understanding of who our userbase is? >> > >> > Is SymPy being used for education? for research in academia? in >> industry? I >> > imagine the answer is that "yes, it's being used in all of those >> places". >> > Does anyone know the extent to which it's used in these contexts? While >> > designing I'd like to know what audience I should target. >> > >> > Best, >> > -Matt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sympy" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
