Re: Working with Excel inside Python
Or, you might want to look at two packages: xlrd pyExcelerator The first can read .xls files, and the second can write them. I've had great results with both. Gerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Wow, Python much faster than MatLab
We're not so far apart. I've used SAS or 25 years, and R/S-PLUS for 10. I think you've said it better than I did, though: R requires more attention (which is often needed). I certainly didn't mean that R crashed - just an indictment of how much I thought I was holding in my head. Gerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Wow, Python much faster than MatLab
R is the free version of the S language. S-PLUS is a commercial version. Both are targeted at statisticians per se. Their strengths are in exploratory data analysis (in my opinion). SAS has many statistical featues, and is phenomenally well-documented and supported. One of its great strengths is the robustness of its data model -- very well suited to large sizes, repetitive inputs, industrial-strength data processing with a statistics slant. Well over 200 SAS books,for example. I think of SAS and R as being like airliners and helicopters -- airlines get the job done, and well, as long as it's well-defined and nearly the same job all the time. Helicopters can go anywhere, do anything, but a moment's inattention leads to a crash. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wing ide vs. komodo?
I have both, but the IDE I use every day is SPE, which is shareware. I'm not savvy enough to enumerate a feature comparison, but I do find SPE extremely friendly and intuitive. Gerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: statistical analysis tools in python?
And there is a python interface to R, so that you can call R routines from Python. R is a free stat language that has all the tests you've mentioned, Gerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Stopping Execution
surely you mean sys.exit() Gerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
