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A lot of stuff powered "by Python" is in practice powered by multi-language infrastructures, which can be pretty complex. For example, the Python ecosystem for
by _delirium 7y ago
A lot of stuff powered "by Python" is in practice powered by multi-language infrastructures, which can be pretty complex. For example, the Python ecosystem for data science is mostly implemented under the hood in a mix of C, C++, and Fortran, with high-level Python bindings, due to a mixture of legacy reasons and pure Python being too slow. Obviously lots of people still like the end result, but saying this kind of software is in Python is only half the story.
- jahewson 7y agoThe is true of node.js too. Lots of native modules. Yet the package management experience there is much better. Anaconda does a reasonable job of fixing this for Python, but as noted, it’s yet another 3rd party solution with some pretty annoying defaults.
- hyperpallium 7y agoPython is eating the world, just not digesting it.
- hyperpallium 7y agoPython has already eaten the world — it's just not very evenly digested.