Scientific Tools
Python is popular in scientific circles. One of the first major packages to come from this environment is Numeric Python. Numeric Python supports efficient multidimensional arrays and can perform complex number-crunching chores normally reserved for packages such as MATLAB or IDL. Also included in Numeric Python are tools for working with linear algebra, Fast Fourier Transforms, and so forth.
Apart from Numeric Python, other scientific tools include support for managing huge sets of data, extensions for plotting and other data analysis, and others.
All these tools are released under a license similar to that of
Python and can be found at the Python web site,
http://www.python.org/topics/scicomp/
.