[omaha] an article I just came across in one of my subscriptions

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

interesting blog + I had not heard about Pig before.

Ready your article on Cython and was wondering if you had heard or tried
Shed Skin https://code.google.com/p/shedskin/
Not a Cython replacement more of a mid-level between
Python / ShedSkin / Rpython / Cython   as I understand it.  Shed Skin has a
restricted python grammar but no need for hinting.  So it makes a pretty
solid optimizing tool that is light weight and works well if it fits the
bill, imho.   The restricted grammar is pretty easy to Grok too, can't use
things that are constantly changing types.  There is more to it, but the
cognitive load for using it is pretty low and the tool chain is simple
Shed Skin, make and a g++



On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Shawn Hermans <shawnhermans at gmail.com>wrote:

> Funny you bring up the science/Python connection.  I just wrote up a blog
> on using Python and Pig to do analysis of satellite orbital element sets (
> http://blog.shawnhermans.com/2013/01/pigs-in-space.html).  I am also using
> Python in my day job for doing data analysis with Scikits and Pandas.  Some
> really great tools out there.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com
> >wrote:
>
> > That was an interesting article.  I am not surprised at it either.
> >  Astronomers and Physicists have become enamored with Python too over the
> > past 5 to 7 years.  NumPy and SciPy have a lot to do with that plus the
> > ability to interface with long established Fortran routines.
> >
> > The cognitive load that python carries in comparison to other languages
> > makes a huge win for sciences.   Keeping simple things simple and not
> > distracting you from the task at hand is gigantic.  Then when you really
> > need to optimize, your options are quite broad.
> >
> > Thanks for posting the story!
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, James Drake <jim.drake at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Lin, Johnny Wei-Bing, 2012: Why Python Is the Next Wave in Earth
> Sciences
> > > Computing. *Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.*, *93*, 1823–1824.
> > > doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00148.1 Creighton and the U.
> of
> > > Nebraska should have BAMS in their collections. Their is a fair chance
> > that
> > > some of the Nebraska public libraries do too through Nebraskaccess, to
> > home
> > > users, but I haven't checked.
> > >
> > > There is a blog and mailing list to Python as applied to atmsopheric
> and
> > > oceanic sciences (AOS): http://pyaos.johnny-lin.com. "New AOS users
> may
> > > find the book, *A Hands-On Introduction to Using Python in the
> > Atmospheric
> > > and Oceanic Sciences,* to be more tailored to their workflow; it is
> > > available online in a free version at www.johnny-lin.com/pyintro."
> > >
> > > The article briefly discusses the pros and cons of Python in AOS.
> > >
> > > -- Jim
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Jeff Hinrichs
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