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[Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chareyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > How does this student learning time change, when students learn
> > > python instead of C++ ? ;-))
> > >       
>
> I meant that it will be shorter, maybe a lot shorter :)
>
>   

I hope to. However, 90% of the modelings still need a bit of c++ coding. 
You need a new constitutive law, you want a new body shape, you are 
implementing couplings, etc : c++ is still a prerequisite in most cases.

For people USING existing models, yes, it can be a lot faster.

Bruno








> > > The weak point is that you & me are not using python in fact (except
> > > for some very simple stuff).
> > >       
> > (You know where your problem is, then)
> >     
> > >  So students at 3sr cannot
> > > learn python from you - only C++...
> > >       
> > Did _you_ learn c++ (or python or whatever else) from your professor??
> > There is plenty of tutorials on the web. I am sure they will better
> > spend 3 weeks on python & yade scripts then being frightened straight
> > away by c++. (No accident that The UNIX-haters handbook calls c++ "cobol
> > of the 90s").
> >     
>
> give me a light-speed spaceship, so I that can compress time and
> learn python during extra gained days. A trip to nearest start
> will be an extra entertainment. ;p
>
> oh, wait. it works in opposite way. I will lose local time
> instead.. So let's do the opposite. I'll stay in the solar system, and
> let's move Earth forth and back at near the light speed :))
>
>   


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