matplotlib: a Python plotting library
I just spotted this on the Daily Python-URL: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html """ matplotlib is a pure python plotting library designed to bring publication quality plotting to python with a syntax familiar to matlab users. A lot progress towards this goal has been made since the first release of matplotlib (see goals), the library does produce high quality 2D plots. All of the plotting commands can be accessed either via a functional interface familiar to matlab users or an object oriented interface familiar to python users, and several high resolution output formats are supported """ This looks like it could be a valuable tool for promoting Python in higher education. -- Simon Willison Web development weblog: http://simon.incutio.com/
This looks like it could be a valuable tool for promoting Python in higher education.
-- Simon Willison Web development weblog: http://simon.incutio.com/
Thanks for the link. I should add it to the edu-sig page. Also see: http://www.scipy.org/ http://www.scipy.org/site_content/tutorials/plot_tutorial IMO, one of the myths out there is that Python isn't used in higher education and therefore needs promoting therein. What's closer to the truth is dynamic (vs. static) programming languages have only recently made significant inroads in introductory and algorithms-based computer science courses. Python is riding this wave. But when it comes to just getting results, in both the academic and commercial sectors, Python is already very well established. You come across it everywhere. It controls telescopes, displays molecular structures, implements e-commerce. Of course it doesn't hurt to advocate for even greater adoption, but we should avoid being inadvertently counter-productive by buying and sharing the premise that "hardly anybody uses Python". The reality is it's a major language, used by lots of people every day. Kirby
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