> Report Lab does a fair bit of work in the financial sector in a rather
> different field.
Sorry, the light took a while to reach the batcave tonight...
I was pushing Python in finance back in 1997/8, and there have been
many, many people using it (usually under the radar at first) in the
City f
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jonathan Hartley wrote:
> Can I ask you to clarify one thing you mentioned? My understanding was that
> speed of numerical modelling was only of such vital import if you are doing
> low-latency automated trading, in the sort of scenario where you need to be
> on a
> It's popular as a repacement for Perl, for example in batch automation. I've
> also used it for reporting: its excellent ability to interface to libraries
> means you can drive Excel (or most things .Net) from Python. I even used it
> to link to Bloomberg once, creating a framework to get the
Hey,
Interesting to hear that, thanks Micaheal.
Can I ask you to clarify one thing you mentioned? My understanding was
that speed of numerical modelling was only of such vital import if you
are doing low-latency automated trading, in the sort of scenario where
you need to be on a box placed o
I work in the financial sector. Python is definately increasing.
Some systems are being written in Python, but that's not its main use.
Certainly not for calculations and financial models, where they normally
have to be very fast.
It's popular as a repacement for Perl, for example in batch au
On 15 Dec 2010, at 00:55, Katie T wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Ben Corke wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, not sure there are enough UK jobs out there to justify a UK
>> board currently, but I'm seeing Python as part of a skillset becoming
>> more and more popular over the last few years, espec
