Fortran vs Python - Newbie Question

[irstas at gmail.com]

On Mar 26, 4:47 pm, "Noma... at gmail.com" <Noma... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You can get the speed of fortran in Python by using libraries like
> > Numeric without losing the readability of Python.
>
> Can you back this up with some source??
> Chris

If you execute one command in Python which tells a super-optimized
Fortran-routine to do lots of work, the overhead of Python will be
neglible. That's all there is to it, no need for a source.