Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by skies » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:14 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by pinewurst » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:14 PM UTC

My boss made me. I'm glad he did, though.

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by detaro » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:22 PM UTC

highschool

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Post by doobee » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:25 PM UTC

easy to learn, wide support, great community, fast development

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by k0t0n0 » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:28 PM UTC

hobby

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by rzzzwilson » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC

I noticed python in the very early 2000s and my reaction was pretty much like that of ESR [0]:

1. Significant whitespace!? Eeeew!

2. Pause, measured in a month or so.

3. Hm, code gets written quickly and usually works...

4. Finished problem solver that eluded me in C.

5. SOLD!

[0] https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by billconan » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

Have to use deep learning framework.

The official language for some Stanford/online courses, no choice.

Need to write some scripts that don’t need extra dependencies on Linux and Mac. And shell is too difficult.

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by tmaly » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 4:45 PM UTC

back in the day, it ran better on windows before we had strawberry Perl.

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by m0ck » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 4:45 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #3

highschool

When was this? I graduated highschool only 2 years ago and all through it they forced us to use Delphi, because the old teachers didn't know anything else. At least I learnt Java in my spare time back then.

Re: Ask HN: What made you learn Python?

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Post by pritambarhate » Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 4:55 PM UTC

Data science and ML.