Which is the best programming language you can learn if you want to program something related to math that you can't do by yourself?

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parthkohli · Answer

I have heard of MATLAB as a good choice, but I don't know what all it is about.
C++ is a good one, but the coding is hard, and I don't understand its structure at all.

anonymous · Answer

It depends on what you want to do.  Python is easy to code and can do any kind of math problem that one would want to do. MATLAB is probably better for uploading and analyzing data, but there are modules for Python (matplotlib) that do the same thing.

parthkohli · Answer

I see. Thank you.

wizardbill · Answer

SAS is a good one of you want to do analytic data analysis.  It is pretty straight forward also.  But, based on your description, I would recommend MATLAB.

anonymous · Answer

I agree with shandelman. Python is the way to go for what you want to accomplish.

anonymous · Answer

You could also try an open source solution, just like GNU Octave. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave) =)