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Exactly. The design limitations (or advantages) of .Net, Python, or any other of the whole plethora of techologies and platforms are largely irrelevant until you consider them in the context of a particular system .... they are only limitations if your system can not be accomodated within them...

You are droning on and on about things that are basically obvious ..... why ? The original topic .. long since abandoned has degraded into feces throwing with people arguing over air ...... Performance on multiprocessors is a relative idea and depends completely on the nature of the...

Thanks for the review of what everyone else already said ...... I think the issue was already covered. You guys are arguing over something that can be stated in two sentences .... give it up. For literally YEARS I have listened to people argue ad nauseum about threading, and most of the...

Yes you are correct: Python threads are cooperative rather than pre-emptive. There is probably no real drive to change this given the uses of Python. Still, you perform a wide range of computations will relative ease. Like I said earlier , if you know what you need and when it breaks then all is...

I hope you are wrong .....but all my indicators say that this is indeed the situation (although I dont know about "Sharply")

Yes. I have reviewed Fortran 95 - or compatible implementations. People still use fortran and there are still specialized libraries that exist only in fortran. However, even 15 years ago most general purpose numerical libraries were ported to C/C++. The situation today is that Fortran is...

Yes and No. Yes on fast enough: I think I have said this here (over and over) ,,,,, The difference between a hack and a software engineer is that the engineer knows the limits of their design: they know under what conditions it breaks or saturates. Moreover, a good architect also knows how...

Yes ... and that is why once you write libraries that work well and are dependable you rarely switch......... For prototyping numerical computations I still fall back on Mathematica as often as not ..... I can write most things in less than 50 lines of code ... and that would be a big...

A lot more time than that ....... What are people thinking ? A spreadsheet is just that - a spreadsheet. Many people try to do things that are wholly inappropriate in spreadsheets .... but you dont see very much of this mistaken line of thinking as the dollar penalty for being wrong gets...

..Do some experiments ....watch ....gather statistics ..... ....You just have to be clever and rely on experiments and statistics to guide your behaviour on topics relating to this question ..... Here is a hint: In the computer security world there is the concept of a "honeypot". The idea...

Well yes ..... but if your visualization needs are demanding you will spend a lot of time and effort with these - it might make sense depending upon circumstances - whereas other specialized tools might be able to handle things in one line of code..... Again, in general I will use these if I...

matplotlib is a good free plotting package for simple 2D graphics......

Actually the differences are not so huge ... most often similar technologies are available ... the huge difference is the cost ......

I really like python ... as well as the other open source languages. If the project is solely my decision I choose open source solutions unless there is an overwhelming reason not to do so - which sometimes there is......

who would that be ?

Which Firm do you work for currently ? Which firm have you worked for in the past ?

This is completely 100% untrue. Without experience the MBA will NOT lead to being hired. Period.

The only reason to go there is to start busineses.... This implies that you have capital or access to capital. If your goal is to get a job then the MBA is not very useful in general and becomes a trap: companies look to hire MBA grads that ALREADY have experience (3-5 years) in the area in...

There needs to be a risk parameter ... that is how much risk does the system take to achieve the return ..... depending upon your definition of accuracy this might already be included. If the metrics are to further your own goals then simply design metrics that result in an overall quality...

AIDE, Integrit, and Osiris are all ones we have used and evaluated. Generally we are happy with Osiris, athough in some situations we also use Aide or integrit .... each has strengths and weaknesses for different applications/scenarios.