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I thought numpy was python's killer app
by bchjam 14y ago
I thought numpy was python's killer app
- espeed 14y agoI would say Python's killer app is its massive library -- the size and quality has few rivals. No doubt Python's readability and approachability contributed to this.
- rprospero 14y agoWhile I love Python, I always worry about any language that resorts to this argument, since the lack of libraries is the easiest problem for a language to fix. I still remember hearing (and believing) that Python would never be as popular as Perl, since Perl had far more libraries.
- wahnfrieden 14y agoIf you mean its built-in standard library - in some cases, it's just a place for code to rot and stagnate. Ubiquity comes at the cost of massive friction to update.
- espeed 14y agoI'm not referring to just the standard library. I'm referring to all the libraries in the ecosystem.
- wahnfrieden 14y agoYea, that is a strong point.