On Mar 26, 8:20 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK... > I've been told that Both Fortran and Python are easy to read, and are > quite useful in creating scientific apps for the number crunching, but > then Python is a tad slower than Fortran because of its a high level > language nature, so what are the advantages of using Python for > creating number crunching apps over Fortran?? > Thanks > Chris
While I have never personally dealt with Fortran, I looked it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran_code_examples The code examples speak for themselves. I recommend you look those over and then look over similar simple program written in Python. Python is still easier to read. Fortran also appears to be a compiled language, whereas Python is an interpreted language. Thus, Python programs can be tested faster. Fortran programs will likely run faster though. Check out www.python.org for good examples of Python code for the beginner and the advanced programmer. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
