Re: [Swarm-Modelling] beginner

[Marcus G. Daniels]

glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> >From another perspective, if you intend to learn programming to do this,
> then Python is a good language to learn because it's useful in other
> contexts and is object-oriented and interpreted (rather than compiled).
>   
I'd say if your going to invest in a learning a programming language, 
learn one that can be used effectively for simulation.  Simulation is 
compute-bound, so I'd suggest languages that can be effectively compiled 
(and therefore run fast).  Iron Python (on .NET & Mono) might reasonably 
still meet this criteria.   The inconvenience of compile time isn't a 
factor these days, computers are so fast.   Languages like C, Objective 
C, C#, C++ and Java are good for large scale agent simulation, for example.