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> I've been wondering what might move data scientists to Rust. The two things that keep Python as the incumbent in this space is A.) It gets out of the way, so
by alex_lav 3y ago
> I've been wondering what might move data scientists to Rust.
The two things that keep Python as the incumbent in this space is A.) It gets out of the way, sometimes to a fault, such that you can kinda write it without knowing what you're doing. This is a feature for most people, not a bug.
And B.) All the math/science libraries that already exist for it.
You can solve B, but until you solve A, Python stays put I think.
- jononor 3y agoAnd C) it is taught at every University that teaches ML/DS. I think unseating Python as the lingua franca will takes as long as it has taken to unseat MATLAB in engineering. 20+ years... Of course other things will also exist, and all languages will have decent ML support (especially for inference).