Python advocacy in scientific computation

[Philip Austin]

Michael McNeil Forbes <mforbes at lnsDOTmit.edu> writes:
>
> I find that version control (VC) has many advantages for
> scientific research (I am a physicist).
>

Greg Wilson also makes that point in this note:

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050728/full/nj7050-600b.html

Where he describes his excellent (Python Software Foundation sponsored)
course on software carpentry for scientists:

http://www.third-bit.com/swc2/index.html

Regards, Phil