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Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis?
I'm looking to find out if there is a commonly used programming language to do text analysis?
I know Python is popular and I've used it before. I just want to see what peoples opinions are.
- jlg23 11y agoThe better way is to look at which of the existing libraries is best for you and, unless you have a severe dislike for the language it is written in, go with that.
- eecks 11y agoBasically what I am asking. What I am doing is broad so "best library for me" isn't relevant yet.
- nyc_cyn 11y agoClojureScript targeting nodejs. - more concise/elegant/beautiful than python - since it targets nodejs, startup time = fast => blazing fast scripting - clojure = fastest protoyping language around - it's not JavaScript (but you get to use any JS module you need) - it gives you an excuse to learn a functional lisp
- sidcool 11y agoScala has seen quite good adoption in BigData space. Spark is in and out Scala. It's only growing in popularity