Interfacing FORTRAN programs for model atmospheres with IDL or Python I'm trying to use model atmospheres such as Kurucz or MARCS for the first time personally and I'm wondering if it is better to wrap it with IDL or Python in terms of writing the code, and getting the values I wanted from the model atmospheres into arrays for printing into tables. 

Essentially is it better to approach this issue using IDL or with Python, or is it just more of a preferential thing if anything?
After looking into the various wrappers and ways Python and IDL work with FORTRAN I came to the conclusion that it is more of a preference which language you use. However as people continuously add astronomy support to Python this may change, but as of now, it seems to be a question of preference.