Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.01; 'python.': 0.04; 'scipy': 0.05; 'familiarity': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'scripts': 0.09; 'matlab': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:python': 0.10; 'bieber': 0.16; 'declaimed': 0.16; 'email addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'email name:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:name:dennis lee bieber': 0.16; 'matplotlib': 0.16; 'numpy': 0.16; 'numpy,': 0.16; 'received:wlfraed': 0.16; 'scipy,': 0.16; 'url:netcom': 0.16; 'url:wlfraed': 0.16; 'wulfraed': 0.16; 'syntax': 0.16; 'extension': 0.17; 'suggest': 0.20; 'subject:help': 0.21; 'url:home': 0.21; 'math': 0.24; 'command': 0.24; 'shell': 0.24; 'language.': 0.28; 'separate': 0.28; 'singh': 0.29; 'url:wiki': 0.29; 'array': 0.30; 'confused': 0.30; 'extends': 0.30; 'use?': 0.30; 'does': 0.32; 'that,': 0.32; 'tue,': 0.32; "won't": 0.33; 'it.': 0.33; 'match': 0.34; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'lee': 0.34; 'hi,': 0.34; 'running': 0.34; 'operations': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'moving': 0.35; 'data.': 0.36; 'received:org': 0.36; 'speak': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.37; 'received:76': 0.37; "i'll": 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'sometimes': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.39; 'url:en': 0.39; 'plain': 0.39; 'might': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'high': 0.66; 'direct': 0.67; 'dennis': 0.73; '-0800': 0.84; 'amar': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: help: confused about python flavors.... Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:41:59 -0500 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <948f80c1-877a-4a74-8adc-9d4ae702574f@l1g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-27-134.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1331131376 news.xs4all.nl 6923 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:21319 On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:06:37 -0800 (PST), amar Singh declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > Hi, > > I am confused between plain python, numpy, scipy, pylab, matplotlib. > > I have high familiarity with matlab, but the computer I use does not > have it. So moving to python. > What should I use? and the best way to use it. I will be running > matlab-like scripts sometimes on the shell prompt and sometimes on the > command line. > If Matlab compatibility is a high constraint, I'll speak heresy and suggest you might look at Octave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave Python is stand-alone programming/scripting language. Numpy is an extension package adding array/matrix math operations but the syntax won't be a direct match to Matlab; Scipy is an extension package that, well, extends Numpy. Matplotlib is a separate package for graphical plotting of array data. {simplistic explanation} -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/