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2006
PerformancePython - SciPy.org
by YukuanMark
A comparison of weave with NumPy, Pyrex, Psyco, Fortran and C++ for solving Laplace's equation. This article was originally written by Prabhu Ramachandran.
Ruby, Python, "Power"
by YukuanMark & 2 others
There are different opinions on the relative power of Ruby and Python. I'm not much more authoritative than other resources (though I'm not less authoritative either; most comparisons between the two languages are flawed). Ultimately I don't believe there
Python & Java: Side by Side Comparison
by YukuanMark & 2 others
A programmer can be significantly more productive in Python than in Java. How much more productive? The most widely accepted estimate is 5-10 times. On the basis of my own personal experience with the two languages, I agree with this estimate.
The igraph library
by YukuanMark
This is another library for creating and manipulating graphs. There is simply no other graph library out there which can be handle graphs of the size the author is confronted with efficiently. Whenever possible igraph tries to be also user friendly and po
C++ vs Java vs Python vs Ruby : a first impression
by YukuanMark & 2 others
I am a language agnostic journeyman programmer. I am not a fan of a particular language (I almost said 'fanboy') but thats a bit inflammatory). I just want to write useful programs and have fun doing it. I know C++ and Java pretty well. I did some beginne
2005
dirtSimple.org: Python Is Not Java
by Riduidel & 1 other
In examining the code, I found that they had done lots of things that make sense in Java, but which suck terribly in Python. Not because "Python is slower than Java", but because there are easier ways to accomplish the same goals in Python, that wouldn't
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