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Topic	Let's talk software for scientific computing and plotting
MutantJohn 09/23/17 7:52:43 PM #26:	COVxy posted... MutantJohn posted... Ah, basically not enough to be productive with it yet. Start learning it for real. I really don't see why it would be an appropriate language. I mean, if you need to code underlying software to do on the fly analysis for some hardware or something, I could see. But 99% of scientific computing does not deal with that. (and to my knowledge, people typically use FORTRAN for that, like TC noted) I was talking to a PhD student who needed 2 weeks of wall time to run her R code. I lol'd. Most scientists aren't good enough at programming to use C++ effectively but most all real code is backed by C++ and if you're using old libs, C and Fortran. --- "Oh, my mother; oh, my friends, ask the angels, will I ever see heaven again?" - Laura Marling <cite>MutantJohn posted [p:887162076] in Let's talk... [t:75803573]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MutantJohn posted...</cite> <quote> Ah, basically not enough to be productive with it yet. Start learning it for real. </quote> I really don't see why it would be an appropriate language. I mean, if you need to code underlying software to do on the fly analysis for some hardware or something, I could see. But 99% of scientific computing does not deal with that. (and to my knowledge, people typically use FORTRAN for that, like TC noted)</quote> I was talking to a PhD student who needed 2 weeks of wall time to run her R code. I lol'd. Most scientists aren't good enough at programming to use C++ effectively but most all real code is backed by C++ and if you're using old libs, C and Fortran. --- "Oh, my mother; oh, my friends, ask the angels, will I ever see heaven again?" - Laura Marling</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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