Re: [Help-gsl] comparison to numeric calculation software application

[Inigo Aldazabal Mensa]

El Viernes, 14 de Agosto de 2009 02:13, Jason Lillywhite escribió:
> After reading a little about gsl and trying bindings in Scheme and
> Ruby, I have come to feel that GSL is comparable to matlab, scilab, or
> mathimatica. But since then, have been told by some that I might be
> off a little. How much are we missing out on by using GSL instead of
> say, Matlab when it comes to numerical methods. BTW - I am a beginner
> in MatLab, GSL, and numerical methods.
>
> Thank you.

I did completely replace some years ago Matlab et al for interactive 
numeric manipulation and rapid prototyping with Python+IPython 
terminal+NumPy/SciPy  and been really happy since :-). You can find an 
interesting post about it here[1], and although it makes reference to Sage 
(more a Mathematica like environment), it applies to SciPy et al too.

You can get it all installed in windows through Python(x,y)[2], Enthough 
Python Distribution[3] or in linux precompiled through repositories for 
most of the distributions. Take a look at those projects websites to find 
more information about the subject.

[1]http://vnoel.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/bye-matlab-hello-python-thanks-sage/
[2]http://www.pythonxy.com/
[3]http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php