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Python has exploded in popularity over the past ~7 years because of AI. Python’s ever increasingly relevance is directly tied to AI.
by forrestthewoods 4y ago
Python has exploded in popularity over the past ~7 years because of AI. Python’s ever increasingly relevance is directly tied to AI.
- tomrod 4y agoAnd Flask, and FastAPI, and pandas, and pola.rs, and numba, and as glue code, and.... "AI" is pretty narrow, but the python ecosystem is massive, which a strong incumbency in the data processing space. Weird, since it i̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶y̶p̶e̶d̶ is a dynamically language, where sometimes placeholders like pandas `object` result in unexpected behavior, but it sure is simple to write something quick.
- twic 4y ago> "AI" is pretty narrow, but the python ecosystem is massive, which a strong incumbency in the data processing space. Weird, since it isn't a typed language Nor is Excel, and that didn't stop it.
- Tommstein 4y ago> "AI" is pretty narrow, but the python ecosystem is massive, which a strong incumbency in the data processing space. Weird, since it isn't a typed language . . . . Having used it for over 15 years, I assure you Python is a strongly typed language.
- tomrod 4y agoFair, I was wrong. It's a dynamically typed language. I meant to say it is not a statically typed language.
- forrestthewoods 4y agoSure. Python isn’t going away. But Python has tripled in popularity over the past 7 years and a very very large portion of that growth is due to AI, imho. [1] So, will a given AI Python package be popular in a year or three? Maybe, maybe not. Will the top Python packages be AI related in 3 to 5 years? Absolutely, imho. I’d definitely take that bet. [1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends/?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cvb%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends/?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc...