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Comparing languages requires comparing their ecosystem in 99% of cases, since most people don't have the luxury of having enough time to reimplement whatever th

• webnrrd2k 3y ago
  Right! It's one thing to compare languages in the abstract, for e.g., to compare and contrast iteration or exceptions or whatever. It's a different thing to compare languages for doing something specific -- in this case, scientific computing. If someone want to get something done in a realistic ( or affordable) time frame, then things like like libraries, community, and documentation become especially important.