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Re: Request for computer help.
From: Cliff Sojourner
Date: 2005 Sep 7, 09:28 -0700
From: Cliff Sojourner
Date: 2005 Sep 7, 09:28 -0700
George, here's another thumb's up for Python. it has the best features of interpreted languages, and it's efficiently executed even on modest machines. you can write "regular" (procedural) programs in it or you can write object oriented code. Python has a huge user community, contributing support for everything from unit-equation checking libraries to arbitrary precision arithmetic libraries (if you exceed the limits of IEEE floating point) to graphics, guis, etc. navigation content: I wrote a sight reduction program in Python. it works just fine. Chuck Taylor wrote: >George, > >I see that Python and JavaScript have both been >recommended by others. To elaborate a bit: > >Python is an interpreted language as is Basic). You >can download it for free from > > http://www.python.org/ > >There is documentation on line, but there are also >many 3rd-party books on Python programming available >through the usual sources. > >