On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Bryan R Harris <bryan_r_har...@raytheon.com> wrote: > > > I much prefer perl to python given my recent forays into that language > (python's regex is awful!), however it has an excellent plotting package > that is very similar to matlab but supports things like marker alphas. It's > called matplotlib, and requires scipy and numpy. > > PDL is the closest thing I see in perl, but it seems to be clunky and makes > relatively ugly plots. > > Any thoughts on why that is?: > > (a) in python it's easier to make things like this > (b) python has more scientific users so it makes sense one would build it > (c) perl users tend to be lazier and less likely to make something like this > (d) somebody funded that development and happened to pay a python guy > (e) ?? > > Just curious, thanks for your thoughts. > > - Bryan > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
Not exactly sure personally. But here is an article that may be of interest. http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html Sayth -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
