[Pythonmac-SIG] How well does Python really work on the Mac?

[Ron Cohen]

Please tell me, what Java packages are geared toward plotting and
optimized math functions?

-Ron Cohen-


Matthew Barre writes:
 > I think you need to look at JPython. The portability and ease of Python, but
 > access to all the Java packages...several of which are geared toward
 > plotting and optimized math functions. Just my two cents :) I'm just
 > learning Python on my Mac and its remarkably intuitive and due to the active
 > interperter really easy to play with.
 > 
 > -Matt
 > ---------
 > "Luck will often enough save a man, if his courage hold." -Buliwyf
 > 
 > > From: Lou Pecora <pecora@anvil.nrl.navy.mil>
 > > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:54:05 -0400
 > > To: pythonmac-sig@python.org
 > > Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] How well does Python really work on the Mac?
 > > 
 > > I've been looking into trying Python as a RAD/experimental tool for
 > > numerical programming and scientific work and all of you have been very
 > > helpful so far.
 > > 
 > > I do have some reservations though and it seems to me that Python use is a
 > > bit convoluted in that to use something like Numerical Recipes I have to
 > > fire up my C compiler (codewarrior - very nice), write an interface for the
 > > Python module to use the special routine (say eigenvalue function), make a
 > > C-module (can CW do this?), make it available to Python.
 > > 
 > > Have any of you done this?  Is it easy, hard, transparent, entangled?  I
 > > like what I see in the language very much and would love to jump in, but
 > > this "gotcha" keeps me worrying that the conneciton to standard numerical
 > > routines in C or those I would write in C for speed would be fragile -- we
 > > are depending on someone's writing the library for those Py_ calls right?
 > > 
 > > Sorry for being so worrisome, but learning a new language is a big
 > > investment.  I'm really hoping for good answers 'cause I'd love to take the
 > > plunge.
 > > 
 > > Thanks for your help.
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Cheers,
 > > 
 > > Lou Pecora
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
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