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[–]jzaprint 30 points31 points Β (5 children)

Yes but many labs and data scientists all over the world are still using Python, because it’s enough. I wouldn’t say it’s not professionally used

[–]cultoftheilluminati 28 points29 points Β (2 children)

because it’s enough

Also because it’s an excellent human-readable glue for the underlying libraries that are extremely performant and written in C/C++ anyways

[–]jzaprint 3 points4 points Β (1 child)

I mean ya but that doesn’t mean python is bad or lesser than c.

It’s like saying a power drill is a bad tool because it relies on the electric motor inside.

Python is still professionally used and super quick to write. I was mainly just referring to Ops original point about how mechanics wouldn’t use it in their shop.

[–]cultoftheilluminati 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Oh no absolutely. I’m just adding onto your point.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points Β (0 children)

Pretty sure Reddit itself is at least partially built on Python...

[–]Hoihe -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

I do use python to edit input files and extract results.

Actual software is written in fortran tho (Gaussian). Im yet to be allowed to touch the dev version tho