What programming languages are most used for creating advanced math-related software/simulations?

• UEDGE

  2 34 8.8 Fortran

  2D fluid simulation of plasma and neutrals in magnetic fusion devices

  

  At least in my field (computational plasma physics), the majority of software is (in descending order) Fortran (e.g., SOLPS-ITER), Python (e.g., IPS; OMFIT; UEDGE), and C/C++ (e.g., BOUT++; Exascale Computing Project tools).

• InfluxDB

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  Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale. InfluxDB Platform is powered by columnar analytics, optimized for cost-efficient storage, and built with open data standards.

  

• BOUT-dev

  4 182 8.1 C++

  BOUT++: Plasma fluid finite-difference simulation code in curvilinear coordinate systems

  

  At least in my field (computational plasma physics), the majority of software is (in descending order) Fortran (e.g., SOLPS-ITER), Python (e.g., IPS; OMFIT; UEDGE), and C/C++ (e.g., BOUT++; Exascale Computing Project tools).

• actix-telepathy

  2 67 6.4 Rust

  Cluster extension for actix

  Rust is also another possibility: it's basically C++ but more modern with added features and safety. It can be tricky to write mathematical stuff in it, because you may not care too much about all the safety concerns Rust forces you to handle, but it can be useful to catch bugs ahead of times. Sadly, Rust seems to have no library for running programs on clusters of PCs, except maybe this one, which takes the Actor model implemented by Actix and runs it on a cluster. I don't know how tricky it is to use the Actor model for a scientific simulation, tho.

• actix

  15 8,549 8.1 Rust

  Actor framework for Rust.

  

  Rust is also another possibility: it's basically C++ but more modern with added features and safety. It can be tricky to write mathematical stuff in it, because you may not care too much about all the safety concerns Rust forces you to handle, but it can be useful to catch bugs ahead of times. Sadly, Rust seems to have no library for running programs on clusters of PCs, except maybe this one, which takes the Actor model implemented by Actix and runs it on a cluster. I don't know how tricky it is to use the Actor model for a scientific simulation, tho.

• geogebra

  74 1,601 9.8 Java

  GeoGebra apps (mirror)

  

• NumPy

  291 27,480 10.0 Python

  The fundamental package for scientific computing with Python.

  

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