Python

[mark.campanelli]

It would be great if LabVIEW supported the Python language, including any of its various packages such as numpy. Such computations would be much more transparent and easier to support than calling code in DLLs. They would also be much more open and flexible than the existing built-in computational solutions in LabVIEW, e.g., expression/formula nodes. Currently, I have to call Python scripts via System Exec.vi, which complicates data exchange. (NOTE: I am using an older version of LabVIEW: 2009 SP1.)

[altenbach]

Something like LabPython?

[fabric]

Yes, but with a much more efficient layer for exchanging data between the two worlds. (Some kind of native memory mapped IO perhaps?) LabPython is not well suited to passing large arrays and structs around...

[Scott_Jordan]

I'd second Mark's request.  Python offers many compelling benefits as a companion/extension to LabVIEW, and vice versa.

[X.]

I guess this will be NI's response to this request for a while: LabVIEW and Python: Friends or Foes?