[SciPy-user] Why is SciPy better than Matlab or IDL? ;)

[Hoyt Koepke]

Hi Vincent,

> -          In what aspects does SciPy excel, compared to say IDL or matlab?
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> -          In what ways allows it a scientist to be more effective?

A while ago, I wrote up a quick article on a few reasons that I think
python is great for research stuff.  It's a bit unpolished, but it
gives 10 points that I think are really advantageous.  It's at
http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html.

Let me know if anyone has feedback or comments on it; it's a work in
progress at this point.

--Hoyt

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+ Hoyt Koepke
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