I'll chime in and agree that Python is challenging R, Matlab, and Fortran thanks to some powerful third-party libraries. There is a LOT you can do with NumPy/Sc

I'll chime in and agree that Python is challenging R, Matlab, and Fortran thanks to some powerful third-party libraries. There is a LOT you can do with NumPy/SciPy[1], and Matplotlib[2]. [1] http://www.scipy.org http://www.scipy.org [2] http://matplotlib.org http://matplotlib.org