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| Wolfgang:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 06, 2020, 09:41:24 pm --- --- Quote from: Wolfgang on May 06, 2020, 09:30:24 pm --- --- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 06, 2020, 09:08:40 pm --- --- Quote from: Wolfgang on May 06, 2020, 08:52:16 pm ---IMHO, the reason for the preference of Python is because: - cross-platform - much more scientific/engineering libs than other languages - free, and open source. Hard to beat, I would say. When you look at TIOBE what is happening to MATLAB at the moment that tells something. Python is on the way to a firm number one in scientific computing, also for AI, ... --- End quote --- Hey, wait a minute...what's happening to MATLAB??? Am I gonna have to learn Python?? :D --- End quote --- yeah, maybe not the worst idea. The point is that in Python most of engineering and math you need works similarly or sometimes even better than MATLAB, and Python is free. MATLAB not at all. TIOBE shows that MATLAB use is declining steeply, Python is growing at record speed. --- End quote --- Oh really? MATLAB declining? Maybe because every time you need to do something you learn "oh, that's in this OTHER set of tools, and it will cost you another $50". |O But the good thing is they have some pretty nice pre-made models you can start with. Well, as long as you buy that OTHER set of Simulink/Simscape/whatever tools and spend another freakin' $250. Damn. I guess "learn Python" goes on my to-do list.... Oh, BTW, does Visual Studio do Python? I love Visual Studio. --- End quote --- Python in VS? Not that I know. And I agree, VS as a development environemnt is a lot classier than IDLE :). But with MS you never know. When they see that Python is making it - they will incorporate it in VS. MS has become completely pragmatic now about platforms and languages. And for the MATLAB added price list strategy - Yes, its a nuisance, and it drives people away. Its not free, its not open, and many times the Python scientific stuff is even more advanced, and you can adapt and expand it. |
| engrguy42:
Wow... Now I can be with the cool guys :D Sounds like NumPy is good for math stuff like arrays and complex numbers? |
| engrguy42:
My first python program. I just guessed and it worked :D |
| Picuino:
:clap: Be careful, Python is a language that you fall in love with. |
| engrguy42:
Does it do the drag-n-drop UI stuff in VS? Windows and buttons and stuff? |
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