You can use Python for writing portable code between multiple OS, no need for recompilation. Basically everything can be implemented in Python, in the scientifi

You can use Python for writing portable code between multiple OS, no need for recompilation. Basically everything can be implemented in Python, in the scientific community it is used mainly as a glue code, meaning you keep your computer intensive tasks in C++ or Fortran and use Python for gluing the pieces. If you want to see more, check the python website: http://www.python.org/about/apps/ http://www.python.org/about/apps/