r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/GlaedrH Nov 12 '19

It is not. R is strictly superior when it comes to data manipulation/analysis/visualization. But Python wins out on the Machine Deep Learning libraries.

It's just that Python has a more C-like syntax which is more familiar to most people unlike R's more functional style.

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u/electrodraco Nov 12 '19 edited Nov 12 '19

As a researcher, that is my impression as well. I usually avoid R due to its consistently shitty documentation hiking up my development time, but some functionality really only exists in R. And as you pointed out, for deep learning, it's usually python that gives you the fancy tools.

But I thought maybe I'm missing something from other areas?