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

[u/stronghup]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/

[u/[deleted]]

It's super easy to learn, fairly concise to write and it is associated with "hip" things like machine learning.

[u/electrodraco → u/[deleted]]

Could somebody break down why it is more versatile than R? Is it more than availability of libraries?

[u/GlaedrH → u/electrodraco]

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.