I'm a Python and C++ person, myself. Python for CGI works OK, though slower than Perl on some executables.<br><br>I know some groups at the Broad Institute who are working a lot with Jython as well.<br><br>As an aside, on the comment about "loose" programming languages in bioinformatics -- I met a guy at Proctor & Gamble who was doing bioinformatics with FORTRAN. :)
<br><br>Deanne<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paulo Nuin</b> <<a href="mailto:nuin@genedrift.org">nuin@genedrift.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Dana<br><br>Yes, Linux is a must.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Paulo<br><br><a href="mailto:danaf@drfconsulting.com">danaf@drfconsulting.com</a> wrote:<br>> I appreciate everyone's input.<br>><br>> I see the consensus in languages,
<br>> though not in any order, is<br>><br>> Perl, Python, Java, C/C++<br>><br>> and it seems I need to become<br>> competent in Linux/Unix.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Dana<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----
<br>> From: bioedu-bounces+danaf=<a href="mailto:drfconsulting.com@bioinformatics.org">drfconsulting.com@bioinformatics.org</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bioedu-bounces+danaf=drfconsulting.com@bioinformatics.org">
bioedu-bounces+danaf=drfconsulting.com@bioinformatics.org</a>]On<br>> Behalf Of J.W. Bizzaro<br>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:04 PM<br>> To: Education in Bioinformatics<br>> Subject: Re: [BioEdu] Lanuages and environments
<br>><br>><br>> Here's a poll on the languages that practitioners are interested in<br>> learning:<br>><br>> <a href="http://bioinformatics.org/poll/index.php?dispid=16&vo=16">http://bioinformatics.org/poll/index.php?dispid=16&vo=16
</a><br>> (#1 Python, #2 Perl, #3 Java, #4 C/C++, ...)<br>><br>> It's not a poll on which languages are actually *used*, but there should be<br>> (if not now, then someday) a good correlation.<br>><br>
> Jeff<br>><br>> Kevin Karplus wrote:<br>><br>>> I believe that the most common programming languages in bioinformatics<br>>> are perl, c, c++, java, and python, more or less in that order.<br>>>
<br>>><br>><br>> --<br>> J.W. Bizzaro<br>> Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. (Bioinformatics.Org)<br>> E-mail: <a href="mailto:jeff@bioinformatics.org">jeff@bioinformatics.org</a><br>> Phone: +1 508 890 8600
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