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Python isn't the language of scientific computing, data science, or high-performance computing. Python is a popular user interface for scientific computing, da

• est 3y ago
  It's unfair, language is the interface. C replaced assembler, assembler replaced machine code, it's turtles all the way down.
  • dehrmann 3y ago
    Minds are blown when people learn assembly isn't really assembly anymore.
• lolinder 3y ago
  Can you elaborate on the distinction you're making? Python is the default language in which people express their scientific computations. It may execute C code in the end, but so does any language that ever executes a system call.
  • KeplerBoy 3y ago
    matmuls aren't a syscall though. Little fun fact: Numpy doesn't even come with an efficient, blocked matmul procedure. It has to be linked against a BLAS implement to really provide any decent performance. This also explains why Numpy performance can vary from distribution to distribution. Anaconda ships it with a different BLAS than Pypi.
• dbrueck 3y ago
  But for the people using the tools, that's largely a distinction without a difference.