On Aug 24, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Long Huynh wrote:
I just heard someone told me yesterday that Python and
Fortran are mostly used in the science community.
I'm using RB in medicine. Would you consider this
science?
How do you use RB in medicine?
The issue wasn't to be rigid about science boundaries, but to open a
discussion of how RB is used in untraditional areas.
One aspect of scientific programming is that it is rarely done with a
commercial product in mind. More frequently, programs are written to
get a job done. In this sense, users may be more inclined to share
what they've written. Also, scientific software written in RB may
lack the interface elegance and user protection of commercial
applications, but, in my experience, the GUIs written in RB are miles
ahead of other scientific programs. And the user interface can be a
real productivity boon.
Another question: I know a good number of labs that use Matlab and
its cousins. I have no experience in Matlab. Anybody have comparative
experience in RB and Matlab (or its relatives)? From what I've heard,
Matlab programs are much slower than compiled code. The advantages
appear to be pre-written graphing, statististics and the like and a
spreadsheet-like data structure.
John Kubie
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