The lingua franca for Big Data is Java, and that of ML/AI is Python. Imagine you travel back in time with access to languages and tooling of today, what would you choose instead?
Ask HN: What language will you pick if you are to reinvent the data ecosystem?
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#2I'd still pick Java. You don't even need to use Java as your language: just something that targets the JVM.
If you want compatibility, performance, ubiquity, language choice, and ecosystem, there isn't really a better option than the JVM right now.
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#3Datalog.
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#4Rust
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#5Ruby or Typescript. Nothing can really beat these 2 in terms of devX and comfort.
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#6Julia
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#7I'd still pick Java. You don't even need to use Java as your language: just something that targets the JVM. If you want compatibility, performance, ubiquity, language choice, and ecosystem, there isn't really a better option than the JVM right now.
Kotlin?
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#8Julia!
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#9Julia
Re: Ask HN: What language will you pick if you are to reinvent the data ecosystem?
#10I'd still pick Java. You don't even need to use Java as your language: just something that targets the JVM. If you want compatibility, performance, ubiquity, language choice, and ecosystem, there isn't really a better option than the JVM right now.
Yes java ftw