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I am sorry, and at risk of downvotes, web dev is a much faster (dare I say it more fickle) crowd than science. Python is not a whole lot better than Golang, Rub
by vegabook 12y ago
I am sorry, and at risk of downvotes, web dev is a much faster (dare I say it more fickle) crowd than science. Python is not a whole lot better than Golang, Ruby and of course, Node.js at this use case. Absolute numbers are not persuasive to me here. There are far fewer scientists than web devs (your stats imply ~ 1:2). Indeed I would venture to suggest that your data means that numpy punches well above its weight relative to other languages' science:webdev ratios. Let's not forget that Numpy and its direct linear ancestor, Numeric, has been dominant for more than a decade. Show me the Python web framework which can say the same. Flask/Bottle/Pyramid/Django/Tornado - pick your fashion.
Another point (to the grandparent posts): putting Numpy into a "science" pidgeon hole is erroneous. It is massively used in finance, engineering, bioinformatics, and statistics.
- hcarvalhoalves 12y ago> There are far fewer scientists than web devs ... and there can still be more scientists using Python than web devs using it. Python web development is niche, despite the good frameworks. If you look at job postings, it's eclipsed by RoR, .NET, Java... maybe even PHP. > Let's not forget that Numpy and its direct linear ancestor, Numeric, has been dominant for more than a decade. Show me the Python web framework which can say the same. Django was released almost 10 years ago, and I remember it was already popular, a lot of people migrated from Plone.
- vegabook 12y agoThe point is that Python's USP is Numpy. Python's USP is not web dev. If Python were to disappear there are many, many credible web dev alternatives. Not true Numpy. Take that from an R, Julia, C user. Numpy has the perfect combo of speed wrapped in an expressive language. I don't see that anywhere else.