Re: Programming language for financial modeling

[Rajiv Vyas <rajiv1@gmail.com>]

On 8/7/05, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 10:16 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> > I am thinking about learning a programming or a scripting language.
> > The eventual goal to to use it for financial modeling, which would
> > eventually mean some use/knowledge of a database software. This would
> > be my first foray in programing. Any suggestions?
> 
> ive used c, c++, java, and perl.
> 
> based on your needs i would go with perl.
> 
> pros:
>         fast
>         portable
>         easy to learn
>         good database api
>         Free (unlike java in some regards)
> 
> -matt zagrabelny


 
Thanks Matt. What about Ruby or Python? Any idea what the differences
are and which one is more easier?

Rajiv