On Mar 26, 2:42 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26 Mar 2007 06:20:32 -0700, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >OK... > >I've been told that Both Fortran and Python are easy to read, and are > > Python is hugely easier to read. > > >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 > > Fortran is massively faster than Python. > > >language nature, so what are the advantages of using Python for > >creating number crunching apps over Fortran?? >
> You can get the speed of fortran in Python by using libraries like > Numeric without losing the readability of Python. > Can you back this up with some source?? Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
