Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013

[William Ray Wing]

On Nov 1, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 11/01/2013 08:42 AM, William Ray Wing wrote:
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>> Granted, this performance is based on pulling in libraries.  It imports numpy, mathplotlib, and wx to handle the fast array calculations, the plotting, and the GUI respectively, but those are exactly the sorts of "batteries included" libraries that give Python so much power and flexibility.
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> Not to take away from your points about Python, combined with the appropriate libraries, being fast enough, but the "batteries included" refers to what comes in the stdlib -- those three libraries are not in the stdlib, so they're more along the lines of "power generators easily acquired".  :)
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Strictly speaking, you are absolutely correct.  But, those three libraries are SO widely available (for so many platforms), I took the liberty of being inclusive.

Thanks,
Bill