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Title: Python, the Language All Programmers Should Know
Proposer: Russel Winder
Type: Presentation
Duration: 90 mins
Description:
Bioinformatics, particle physics, astronomy, much of any and all data sciences, and many others, have
embraced a workflow: C++ and Fortran for the computation, Python for the analysis and visualization. In many
places, e.g. finance institutions, much of the actual computation is now happening in Python instead of C#,
Java, C++, Excel.
Python is also becoming the de facto standard test framework for integration and system testing of C, C++
and Fortran systems.
This session will introduce Python, NumPy, SciPy, pandas, PyUnit, unittest, py.test, and a few other things
to show that Python is the symbiotic dynamic partner of C++. Embracing this position may give C++ a chance
against D, Go and Rust as the native code language of the future.