The code written to control the LIGO detectors was all python.
Ask HN: Is Python dying?
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Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#92Absolutely not.
Python strikes an amazing balance in being a rapid development but also sustainable language, that makes for maximally maintainable code.
While I can't speak for it's growth in data science, it's widely used in systems programming and web development and web services as well.
Go is simply not as agile, it's a lower level systems tool for "tight" low-level code, yes.
Python has never been a front end language. I still think Javascript is a HORRIBLE language, but that's beside the point.
At least from my experience, it's exactly in the perfect sweet spot of language design for being unexciting and getting massive amounts of work done.
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
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Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Java has gotten significantly better in recent years across the board. Python it's a mixed bag due to the 2 to 3 incompatibility transition, one step forward, one step back and some step are changes but not improvements.
Which parts of Python 3 do you regard as being worse than Python 2?
The part where it's not backwards-compatible with Python 2. :)
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#95Python is dying in much the same way that C is dying, and by that I mean it's not dying at all. I'm no expert on Go or JS but Julia is not even close to being a serious competitor to Python for data science right now. Besides, Julia has a role more similar to R than Python.
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#96The word for Python is mature . If fireworks aren't going off with every release, it's because it's past that phase of life. The only concern I have for Python is exactly the temptation to keep adding features and chasing other language's tail lights. I've recently gotten the chance to see a fairly novice programmer dip toes into some Python-based testing code, and it's definitely gotten pretty easy to make awfully m…
Python's maturity is a problem because it provides very little incentive for users to resolve the 2/3 split.
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#97Not only is Python not dying, but it's stronger than it's ever been. The majority of top colleges are now teaching CS using Python. It's completely dominant in academia, finance, and startups. It has the best libraries and documentation of any language. And Django has arguably the strongest community of any open source project period. That's not to say there are zero problems, but Python is so much better than all th…
Agreed. It's much easier to hire for Python skills today than it was even 2-3 years ago. While Python may be 'under assault' from a conceptual point of view, the job market would beg to differ!
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Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#98In case of Go, it is a dead baby, the language and the tooling suffer from dogmatism and inflexibility. Python is stable and good now, it does not need to change that much. Thus, those who mix up version numbers with stock prices and become happy when they increase switch away and complain. Ignore them.
>the language and the tooling suffer from dogmatism and inflexibility The inflexibility and dogmatism of the language is its biggest strength, lending it to create universally readable codebases that any Go programmer can pick up and be productive with. The tooling has never stopped improving, and Go 1.6 is going to make the VENDOREXPERIMENT an official, supported part of the language. Plus the real reason why backen…
Go tries to make code readable via dumbed down features and arbitrary rules.
The tooling hasn't stopped changing. Improving? Not as sure.
In the last paragraph you compare oranges to apples. Python has never promised to be fast, its promise is convenient use, easy start up and interactive development. Go on the other hand a speed focused thing that gives up developers' comfort for dogma and modern features for ease of development of the compiler.
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#99http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=python Showing 1-10 of 169,970 Python jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=ruby Showing 1-10 of 128,305 Ruby jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=java Showing 1-10 of 190,126 Java jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=golang Showing 1-10 of 219 Golang jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=julia Showing 1-10 of 206 Julia jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=%22pyth…
http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=perl Showing 1-10 of 220,326 Perl jobs
Re: Ask HN: Is Python dying?
#100http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=python Showing 1-10 of 169,970 Python jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=ruby Showing 1-10 of 128,305 Ruby jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=java Showing 1-10 of 190,126 Java jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=golang Showing 1-10 of 219 Golang jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=julia Showing 1-10 of 206 Julia jobs http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=%22pyth…
http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=perl Showing 1-10 of 220,326 Perl jobs
Wow that is a surprise. No-one even seems to talk about perl anymore.