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When looking at stats for Python's growth we have to remember 2 things. The number of libraries on PyPi is inflated by the same spam phenomenon which has infect
by cutler 3y ago
When looking at stats for Python's growth we have to remember 2 things. The number of libraries on PyPi is inflated by the same spam phenomenon which has infected npm, producing ludicrous library upload stats. Second, a large section of the Python userbase is non-programmers using it in a lab context to crunch some data and produce a pretty graph. Might as well be R or Matlab.
- 7thaccount 3y agoI think that's just your own experience being extrapolated a bit too much. In my own industry I'm aware of a few dozen commercial products. Every single one has a first class Python API. Most only have the one Python API. All academic scientists and engineers in industry (in my field) use Python with a little Julia, Matlab, or C++. It's presence has grown a lot in the past decade. In IT, there's also Java, C#, and Go.
- legends2k 3y agoTrue, I've seen this with my projects in general (even outside software), the quality goes down as the quantity (of people involved) increases.
- legends2k 3y agoTrue, I've seen this with many projects in general (even outside software), the quality goes down as the quantity (of people involved) increases.