Fortran vs Python - Newbie Question

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On 26 Mar 2007 06:20:32 -0700, "Nomad.C at gmail.com" <nomad.c at gmail.com> 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.

Jean-Paul