> You are right that VBA isn't being discontinued yet. My own interest in > learning python is to find a replacement for Excel VBA. I'm a > mathematician who likes to throw quick programs together for things > like statistical simulations. I liked the ability to get functioning > code quickly in VBA, together with the ability to easily generate > graphs of the results, etc., but I finally got tired of the slow speed > and verbose syntax. I'm hoping that Python (as packaged by Enthought > together with various numerical and graphing modules) will be an > appropriate replacement. > > -scattered
Enthought's distribution will suit your purposes. Also consider http://www.r-project.org/ which is a tool created for just your needs. Some statisticians here love it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list