[SciPy-user] python (against java) advocacy for scientific projects

[Almar Klein]

>
> > I've once tried to do scientific programming in C#. I know, it's not
> Java,
> > but I guess its similar to some extend when compared to Python.
>
> What was your experience with it?
>

Well, I liked C# a lot, but NOT for scientific computing, as the compile-run
step takes too much time in that case. Plus you I missed the vast amount
of functions in Matlab / Python+Numpy+Scipy.

I wrote my experience down if you're interested:
http://sites.google.com/site/almarklein/quest

Cheers,
  Almar
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