Vicent Giner a écrit :
Hello.
I am new to Python. It seems a very interesting language to me. Its
simplicity is very attractive.
However, it is usually said that Python is not a compiled but
interpreted programming language
cf my answer to you and Henrique on this.
I am working on my PhD Thesis, which is about Operations Research,
heuristic algorithms, etc., and I am considering the possibility of
programming all my algorithms in Python.
The usual alternative is C, but I like Python more.
Then use it.
The main drawbacks I see to using Python are these:
* As far as I understand, the fact that Python is not a compiled
language makes it slower than C, when performing huge amounts of
computations within an algorithm or program.
In which way is this a problem here ? I thought your thesis was about
algorithm, not about implementation optimisation ? And if it's the
later, then even C might sometimes be too high level - you should drop
to assembly language.
* I don't know how likely it is to find libraries in Python related to
my research field.
I can't tell but you'd be surprised by the quantity of available Python
libs.
* I know Python is a "serious" and mature programming language, of
course. But I do not know if it is seen as "just funny" in a research
context. Is Python considered as a good programming language for
implementing Operations Research algorithms, such as heuristics and
other soft-computing algorithms?
Don't know if this answers your question, but it seems that at least
some authors consider it a good choice:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321/
All code examples in this books are in Python - very badly written
Python, alas...
Maybe this is not the right forum, but maybe you can give me some
hints or tips...
Hem... Obviously, most people here will have a little biased, you know ?-)
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