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Wasn't ABC's focus mainly academic maths? That explains how Python gained an edge in data science but not why it replaced Perl 5.
by cutler 8y ago
Wasn't ABC's focus mainly academic maths? That explains how Python gained an edge in data science but not why it replaced Perl 5.
- Scarblac 8y agoNumpy explains how Python got the edge in data science; Numpy was written by people who wanted a free alternative for Matlab.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoI read the paper about 20 years ago. I might be wrong in what I remember but I don't think the focus was on academic math. Will have to go find it and quickly scan it.