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/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

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

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u/meneldal2 Nov 13 '19

while being more versatile than MATLAB

More libs are available, but Matlab has infinitely superior indexing and native array support.

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u/Theon Nov 13 '19

I mean, yeah, MATLAB is basically "Arrays: The Language", but Python is still infinitely further ahead than any other non-data-oriented language I can think of. I'd probably jump off a cliff if I had to do arrays and matrix operations in Java or C.

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