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> Off topic, but my new found love for Python comes from realizing that many programming tasks can be done so much faster in Python. Wait till you get ahold of
by kneebonian 4y ago
> Off topic, but my new found love for Python comes from realizing that many programming tasks can be done so much faster in Python.
Wait till you get ahold of ruby. It is the most LISP like language I've found yet in terms of flexibility and what it can do for you.
- freedomben 4y agoRuby is definitely great and I would have totally agreed a couple years ago, but Elixir has blown my mind. It feels so much like LISP sometimes I wonder, especially with the full macro system where you can operate directly on the AST :-D Given the recent news on Nx and Livebook, Elixir may be a first-class language for ML very soon. On a related note, Elixir feels a bit like a functional love child of ruby and python.
- FlyingSnake 4y agoCan you write general purpose scripts in Elixir like in Ruby or Python?
- xibo9 4y agoYup, you can write standalone Elixir scripts. Running "elixir myscript.exs" gives you that.
- krnsi 4y agoAnd with Mix.install/2 [0] you have access to the entire ecosystem. Here are a few examples: https://github.com/wojtekmach/mix_install_examples https://github.com/wojtekmach/mix_install_examples [0]: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/1.12.3/Mix.html#install/2 https://hexdocs.pm/mix/1.12.3/Mix.html#install/2
- treeman79 4y agoIf you’re in data science related fields python is kind of a must. Ruby has most of the same libraries but not all of them. Plus at a certain point the people you have to deal with only know python.
- mark_l_watson 4y agoRuby was my main language from 2002 to about 2005. I ended up migrating back to Common Lisp.