Not sure if this is relevant, but I stumbled on this.. http://pdl.perl.org/
Wernher On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Sayth Renshaw <flebber.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Bryan R Harris > <bryan_r_har...@raytheon.com> wrote: >> >> >> I much prefer perl to python given my recent forays into that language >> (python's regex is awful!), however it has an excellent plotting package >> that is very similar to matlab but supports things like marker alphas. It's >> called matplotlib, and requires scipy and numpy. >> >> PDL is the closest thing I see in perl, but it seems to be clunky and makes >> relatively ugly plots. >> >> Any thoughts on why that is?: >> >> (a) in python it's easier to make things like this >> (b) python has more scientific users so it makes sense one would build it >> (c) perl users tend to be lazier and less likely to make something like this >> (d) somebody funded that development and happened to pay a python guy >> (e) ?? >> >> Just curious, thanks for your thoughts. >> >> - Bryan >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >> http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> >> > > Not exactly sure personally. But here is an article that may be of interest. > > http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html > > Sayth > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
