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Reasons to learn Python: Sklearn, tensorflow, pandas, Sqlalchemy, requests, Beautifulsoup, numpy, scipy, pulp. If you have a language that had equivalent libr
by typon 10y ago
Reasons to learn Python:
Sklearn, tensorflow, pandas, Sqlalchemy, requests, Beautifulsoup, numpy, scipy, pulp.
If you have a language that had equivalent libraries that cover all these domains I'd love to hear it. Until then I can build really cool stuff in Python very easily thanks to the amazing hardwork and generosity of these library creators.
- neurostimulant 10y agoYup. For engineering and data science Python seems to be the best choice right now.
- gone35 10y agoIf you have a language that had equivalent libraries that cover all these domains I'd love to hear it. R[1]. [1] https://cran.r-project.org/ https://cran.r-project.org/
- 0xCMP 10y agoOkay, but I'm not sure they wanted to go from python to R. The issues listed in the original post are definitely not fixed in R. And you lose out on python's ability to also be used for other things.
- typon 10y agoThe problems people have with Python are magnified at least 10x on R.
- omginternets 10y agoYou can't possibly claim that the R language is better-designed that python...