"Chris, I've not browsed their code, but the site says "C++, Qt 4.6 based".

IMHO, I would not go for a C++ solution, unless you have lot (really really lot) of experience (in all team members), and lots of time -- good if you have graduate students,…"

"I'm working with Python every day, and in the past I've got a fair experience with PyQt (50.000+ lines of code).
What I can say is that Python + Qt is one of the best choices you can make, for a project like that.
Not (only) for prototyping (unit…"