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> What blows my mind is that Python was designed for maths and data science by a maths and data science guy. Neither of these is true. I actually still find it
by mikebenfield 3y ago
> What blows my mind is that Python was designed for maths and data science by a maths and data science guy.
Neither of these is true. I actually still find it a little weird that Python became so widely adopted by data science people, and that definitely doesn’t seem to be the main user GvR originally had in mind when creating the language.
- tgv 3y agoThat isn't weird. It's what they've been taught. CS departments started teaching Python to other departments because of its ease, and it stuck.