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I'm a data engineering newbie and I found it very clear, and it gave me an enthusiastic feeling (not an "alienating" feeling). This whole thread just comes acr

by davedx 3y ago

I'm a data engineering newbie and I found it very clear, and it gave me an enthusiastic feeling (not an "alienating" feeling). This whole thread just comes across as unmitigated pedantry to me.

dns_snek 3y ago
Presumably you were introduced to the concept of DataFrames and how they're used through some other source, because Polars landing page doesn't even bother to mention it's used for data analysis and documentation simply assumes you're already familiar with the core concepts. Compare that to Pandas which starts with the basics, "pandas is a fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis and manipulation tool, built on top of the Python programming language." It then leads you to "Getting started" guide which features "Intro to pandas" that explains the core concepts.