Jens a écrit : > I'm starting a project in data mining, and I'm considering Python and > Java as possible platforms. > > I'm conserned by performance. Most benchmarks report that Java is > about 10-15 times faster than Python,
Benchmarking is difficult, and most benchmarks are easily 'oriented'. (pure) Python is slower than Java for some tasks, and as fast as C for some others. In the first case, it's quite possible that a C-based package exists. > and my own experiments confirms > this. <bis mode="Benchmarking is difficult"> If you go that way, Java is way slower than C++ - and let's not talk about resources... </bis> > I could imagine this to become a problem for very large > datasets. If you have very large datasets, you're probably using a serious RDBMS, that will do most of the job. > How good is the integration with MySQL in Python? Pretty good - but I wouldn't call MySQL a serious RDBMS. > What about user interfaces? How easy is it to use Tkinter for > developing a user interface without an IDE? And with an IDE? (which > IDE?) If your GUI is complex and important enough to need a GUI builder (which I guess is what you mean by IDE), then forget about Tkinter, and go for either pyGTK, pyQT or wxPython. > What if I were to use my Python libraries with a web site written in > PHP, Perl or Java - how do I intergrate with Python? HTTP is language-agnostic. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
