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6th November 2009 - Link Blog

Python in the Scientific World. Python continues to make strides in the scientific world—and the Hubble Space Telescope team have been using it for 10 years!

Posted 6th November 2009 at 11:04 am

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 6th November 2009.

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