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Dominant language by industry?
Hey guys,
What is the most popular language being used in your industry / sub-industry? Who uses them and why? Please forgive me for my ignorance, but:
From what I know:
Python and R are very popular as of late in the world of quantitative Finance.
Python is also quite popular in astro-physics and my friends tell me that it is replacing Matlab.
Okay, your turn :)
Edit: Looks like C++ is very popular in the quantitative analytics space as well - mostly due to speed and low latency. A ton of jobs ask for C++ and quite a few like C#.
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