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Except without the great Python ecosystem and without great projects like Numpy/Scipy

• pjmlp 10y ago
  Numpy/Scipy are only relevant to a minor set of computer users, and even then, there are alternatives like LANPACK and BLAS. Also Java and .NET ecosystems are just a little bigger than Python.
  • orf 10y ago
    > there are alternatives like LANPACK and BLAS. LANPACK + BLAS = scipy > Numpy/Scipy are only relevant to a minor set of computer users.. > ... Java and .NET ... Being able to describe things with a syntax that looks almost like pseudocode and runs highly-optimized C/Fortran code to do heavy lifting has huge, huge advantages.
    • pjmlp 10y ago
      > LANPACK + BLAS = scipy Thanks, I already knew that. > Being able to describe things with a syntax that looks almost like pseudocode and runs highly-optimized C/Fortran code to do heavy lifting has huge, huge advantages. Hence we are back at Scala, Clojure, F#, enjoying the respective AOT/JIT native code compilers, and integrating with that highly-optimized C/Fortran code.
      • orf 10y ago
        > Scala, Clojure, F# Functional languages. The "year of Linux on the desktop" of programming languages. Also none of those look like pseudocode (Scala does if you ignore bits and squint).
        • pjmlp 10y ago
          The amount of job postings say otherwise.
          • orf 10y ago
            No they don't. On stack overflow jobs F# has 14 posts, closure 28 and Scala ~100. Python has 400+. Other sites have similar totals. But they are filtering for London/UK/Europe, so that might be a bias.
      • JPKab 10y ago
        I use Scala and Clojure. I like F#. Have you ever worked at an actual business that needs to hire developers that know these languages WELL? I can tell you that the significant added cost can't be justified by the not-very-big benefits compared to just using Scipy.