Beginning programming question
On Thursday, March 3, 2011 8:35:17 AM UTC-8, Ed Huntress wrote:
My son is an economics researcher for a think tank, and he uses statistics programs -- SAS, SPSS, and SDATA -- all day long. ...he'd like to know something that may be useful in his work (he had a math minor, and he's now going for a Masters in applied mathematics). Quick programs, bigger than a little scripting, would favor Python and maybe APL (Aplus is an available free variant). If the programs start to get big, an IDE (integrated development environment) and a C or variant (C++) program language are suitable. If his applied math program is any good, it'll cover this decision, though; there'll be requirements. Java and VB are owner-controlled, which scares me. I've done years of work and then had the underlying language changed or withdrawn. |
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