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> Because the vast majority of Python programs aren't doing symbolic maths with Sympy. And this, my friends, is why mathematicians will never feel at home usin
by enriquto 6y ago
> Because the vast majority of Python programs aren't doing symbolic maths with Sympy.
And this, my friends, is why mathematicians will never feel at home using Python+libraries. Instead of having a programming environment ideally suited to the needs of math, you need to fit your math to the Procrustean bed of Python syntax.
- williamstein 6y agoSageMath solves these problems.
- tomrod 6y agoExactly. Grandparent commenter is complaining about resolved issues that the community worked out years ago.
- abdullahkhalids 6y agoIt does not. I tried to replicate some symbolic computation code I wrote during my PhD in Mathematica in SageMath, and I just failed to get anywhere despite weeks of trying. I don't think I don't understand SageMath enough.
- tomrod 6y agoEh, it's fine even despite your hyperbole. Applied mathematicians such as myself often use python without complaint. Setting up sympy takes no effort. Plus, #python on freenode.
- abdullahkhalids 6y agoThat is what I wanted to say. The Python scientific ecosystem seems like it is written by programmers for scientists, while Matlab/Mathematica seem like they are written by scientists for scientists.