Richard Blackwood: >Is the skill of being able to translate in one's head realworld relationships >into a model represented by code an inherent/native skill of all programmers?<
I don't think so. Creating a good computational model can be a complex art. >Python a good language for simulation programming?< It depends on the type of simulation. Python can be good to create a prototype of the simulation program, and it can be good if the simulation doesn't require much number crunching that cannot be vectorized :-) If the simulation require a lot of number crunching, but such operations can be done with Numarray and the like, then you can probably use Python or Mathematica, or similar systems. Otherwise you may need a hybrid program (Python + Pyrex, Swig, or f2py, ShedSkin, etc). Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
