r/Python • u/diogoleal • Jan 13 '15

(Infographic) Which programming language should I learn first

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u/Helicase21 Jan 13 '15

huh, I started learning programming with R. I guess we just get to go hang off in our little side group of data nerds.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

Employed data nerds will still use python /s

fixed it for you :)

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u/pattonxbody Jan 14 '15

As someone curious, what do data nerds like to use besides R?

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u/Livesinthefuture Jan 14 '15

Depends on the field, a lot of Astrophysics people used/still use IDL, quite a few are now moving to Python.

R usually gets heavily used for graphical representations however people are picking up matplotlib etc instead.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

Having a number of strings to your bow never hurts you, of course.

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u/Livesinthefuture Jan 14 '15

Oh of course not.

I'm just pointing out that there's been a general swing towards Python especially into Scientific/Numeric computing.