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   by _Mask_ 5y ago

   > I'm curious about this. Can you point to any specific evidence that being "backed by Google in 2005" was a momentous event for Python? Here are some stats with the popularity of various languages over time: https:/
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   by _Mask_ 5y ago

   PDL - http://pdl.perl.org/
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   by _Mask_ 5y ago

   > I vehemently disagree. Readability is the most important consideration. It's "subjective", but most human "subjects" prefer Python to Perl on this dimension, and it's very important to them. That's wh
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   by _Mask_ 5y ago

   Readability is really a weak argument. I've seen a lot of unreadable code written by data scientist in Python. And a lot of readable Perl code. It's not about the language, it's about the best practices. The concept behind si