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There's nothing about Python, compared with Ruby, that gives it any advantage, numerics or otherwise. Ruby's C ffi is just as powerful as Python's. It's all jus

by cutler 5y ago

There's nothing about Python, compared with Ruby, that gives it any advantage, numerics or otherwise. Ruby's C ffi is just as powerful as Python's. It's all just a first mover phenomenon. Python is the VHS of programming languages.

luibelgo 5y ago
Community matters. In this case Python community around data science is huge.
- cutler 5y ago
  PHP, JS and Python all have great communities but they're still crappy languages.