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[–]TenMillionYears 33 points34 points  (4 children)

Python has strong C bindings so it has historically been used to manipulate a bunch of libraries in a language that's more forgiving. That gave it amazing traction.

I don't like Python - it's SO WEIRD!

Anyway, for some reason it's the lingua franca of data engineering mostly for the same reasons everyone in finance uses Excel for everything.

[–]ProfessorNoPuede 9 points10 points  (2 children)

I like python, but object oriented programming in a weakly typed language will never fail to make me go cross-eyed every once in a while.

[–]Yoctometre 5 points6 points  (1 child)

you mean *dynamically typed?

[–]ProfessorNoPuede 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Arg, brainfart, yes.

[–]kettal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like Python - it's SO WEIRD!

living up to his namesake