I think Ruby users say the same about Ruby, maybe even more emphatically than Python users, and Ruby's chart looks like just about the most complicated one there. C and Python look to be about on par. Also I suspect a chart of Lisp's grammar would be even simpler than any of those up there, but I doubt many scientists would say that Lisp really fits their brain.
So I'm not really sure what conclusions you can draw from such charts. The human brain is a complex network too. Probably what matters more is that the connections in those dependency charts somehow match the connections in our brains. --bb On 11/10/06, Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please forgive the not-specifically-numpy post. I'll keep it short. > > Some of us often, when trying to explain to newcomers the benefits of > Python for scientific work, use expressions like the famous 'it fits > your brain'. This is an attempt at conveying why it seems like such a > natural tool for expressing, concisely and without extraneous noise, > but simultaneously with ease, the nature of many algorithmic problems. > > I think these four images > > http://flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/281055485/ > http://flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/281055530/ > http://flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/280662707/ > http://flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/280661836/ > > may provide a useful visual aid. I certainly intend to use them (with > attribution) the next time I need to give a talk along those lines. > > Regards, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
