User - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-25T02:39:36Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/3063 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/11084/what-programming-languages-do-mathematicians-use What programming languages do mathematicians use? fuentesjr 2010-01-08T01:54:23Z 2013-04-28T04:21:27Z <p>Ok I understand this might be a slightly subjective question, but I am honestly curious what programming languages are used by the mathematics community.</p> <p>I would imagine that there is a group of mathematicians out there that use haskell because it might be more consistent with ideas from mathematics. Is this true? </p> <p>What about APL? Do mathematicians today <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4" rel="nofollow">use APL</a> or is that just a relic of the past?</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/11084/what-programming-languages-do-mathematicians-use Comment by 2010-01-09T03:02:07Z 2010-01-09T03:02:07Z Well put sigfpe http://mathoverflow.net/questions/11084/what-programming-languages-do-mathematicians-use/11123#11123 Comment by 2010-01-09T02:57:42Z 2010-01-09T02:57:42Z Harry, I'm not sure that you completely understand the issue with Python threading. You should have a look at <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/faq/library/#can-t-we-get-rid-of-the-global-interpreter-lock" rel="nofollow">python.org/doc/faq/library/&hellip;</a> since your comment is a common misconception.