Re: Octave and Database connectivity

[ahowe42]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2 wrote
> 
> They do one thing and one thing oly well, and that is array-oriented
> numerical computation.
> : This, in addition to database access, is exactly what I need.

I have some basic familiarity with Python, and understand it is not an
array-optimized language like Octave; in my opinion, the Octave syntax is
also superior (small detail).  You said MATLAB / Octave use: 
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2 wrote
>  30-year-old Fortran libraries , but wouldn't numpy/scipy also use the
> same BLAS & LAPACK/LINPACK libraries?

I'm also aware that Java is not the most efficient, but it seems likely that
(mysql -> Java -> Octave) will be more efficient than (mysql -> don't know
the wrapper -> Python -> Octave).  What are your thoughts on this?

I agree Python is probably worth looking into as an alternative to Octave,
but need convincing.  I am also researching, but do you know of array
numerical computation benchmarks on Python, and especially comparisons to
Octave?

Do you know if Pytave actually does a system call to Octave, or just links
to libraries?  Long term, I suppose it would be better to just porting
existing Octave code, as opposed to using Pytave to interpret Octave
scripts...

I appreciate your thoughts; thanks again.



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