Fortran vs Python - Newbie Question

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On 26 Mar 2007 06:47:18 -0700, "Nomad.C at gmail.com" <nomad.c at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mar 26, 2:42 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <exar... at divmod.com> wrote:
>> On 26 Mar 2007 06:20:32 -0700, "Noma... at gmail.com" <noma... 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.
>>
>
>Can you back this up with some source??

Half the code in Numeric was compiled from fortran.  Need I go on? :)

Jean-Paul