For what it's worth, python has been making inroads in the HPC world as well. In that context it seems like python is being used as the glue to tie highly opti

For what it's worth, python has been making inroads in the HPC world as well. In that context it seems like python is being used as the glue to tie highly optimized, custom written, C/C++ libraries together. http://lorenabarba.com/publications/ http://lorenabarba.com/publications/ http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3019084&CFID=927535872&CFTOKEN=12671239 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3019084&CFID=927535872&CFT... http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2830170&CFID=927535872&CFTOKEN=12671239 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2830170&CFID=927535872&CFT... It's happening enough that there has been a series of popular conferences for it, PyHPC http://www.dlr.de/sc/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-11992/21071_read-48990/ http://www.dlr.de/sc/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-11992/21071_r...