Fortran vs python(x,y)
A side-by-side look at Fortran and python(x,y). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Fortran
Development
Fortran is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over half a century.
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python(x,y)
Development
python(x,y) is an open-source mathematical plotting and data visualization library for the Python programming language. It provides a simple interface for creating 2D plots, histograms, power spectra, bar charts, errorcharts, contour plots, etc.
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