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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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* [http://www.python.org/ The Official Python Page
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* [http://www.python.org/ The Official Python Page]
* [https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ebresser/python/ Python for Scientists]
* [https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ebresser/python/ Python for Scientists]
* [http://astronomy.sussex.ac.uk/~anthonys/pidly/ pIDLy]
* [http://astronomy.sussex.ac.uk/~anthonys/pidly/ pIDLy]

Revision as of 18:47, 22 June 2010

Python is an alternative to idl for scientific computing. Similar to IDL, it is a powerful dynamic programming language with a large library of available functions both built-in and community developed and it is increasingly being adopted by the astronomy community. Its biggest advantage compared to IDL is that it is freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use.

If you would like to try out Python but without giving IDL cold turkey you should consider using pIDLy. pIDLy provides a bridge between a Python session and IDL such that it is possible to run IDL commands from within a Python session. Data is then passed automatically from the IDL to the Python session for further processing within Python

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