Data science + the return of machine learning. I suspect this is entirely due to the fact that Python looks like pseudo code and has a claim to be beginner fri

Data science + the return of machine learning. I suspect this is entirely due to the fact that Python looks like pseudo code and has a claim to be beginner friendly. Beyond that, it's baffling that the data science/ML crowd picked Python of all things. Tearing apart CSV files and hammering fuzzy text data into shape is Perl's forte. So I'm surprised Perl didn't see a revival rather than Python. It's possible the entire field doesn't know there is something better, if all they know is one language I suppose. But I'm sure it's part cargo cult too. Everyone uses React because everyone uses React kind of thing. Same with Rails.