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I'd argue the REPL paradigm and readability are why R and Python are dominant in academics. Compilation and/or object oriented and functional paradigms are hard
by tomrod 3y ago
I'd argue the REPL paradigm and readability are why R and Python are dominant in academics. Compilation and/or object oriented and functional paradigms are hard to teach someone who just learned how a text editor is distinguished from Microsoft Word.
- afiori 3y agoIn my opinion more than being easy to read the advantage of python is that it allows for very ergonomic APIs in libraries.
- tomrod 3y agoI think that's is the sticking feature for devs. Having straddled both SWE and Data Science, data scientists and other academically aligned start in the REPL (or notebooks).