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It’s not a great general purpose language the way Python is. Neither is Matlab, so that’s okay if your competition is matlab but not if the competition is Pytho
by batbomb 8y ago
It’s not a great general purpose language the way Python is. Neither is Matlab, so that’s okay if your competition is matlab but not if the competition is Python, C++, etc..
- gaius 8y agoRight, if you stick strictly to use cases covered by NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib etc, there are better options than Python. But many real programs need other things too, and that’s why they start in and stick to Python regardless.
- goatlover 8y agoMeaning the Python standard library and common libraries are geared toward general purpose more than Julia. I'm not sure that the Julia language itself is lacking in any general sense. It's just more geared toward scientific computing, but there's nothing about the language making it that hard to write general code. It's not R.