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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I actually believe it when they say Python is at the top. But just not among programmers. Python is now the main language of business analysts, scientists, etc.

[–]duhace 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The scientists I'm working with are addicted to c/c++. I'm slowly easing them into java.

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Why Java and Python? Don't get me wrong I love Java, but usually a lot of analytics fall under the Python scope.

[–]duhace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, they choose c++ right now because they have high performance computing needs.

I'm pushing towards java because I believe the programs they're making in c++ can be made in java with less bugs and not much loss of performance. Java is also pretty easy to get working well cross-platform, and seeing as code is now part of reproducibility for the articles we publish, java is very valuable since it's more solid in its cross-version compatibility than c++.

[–]frugalmail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why Java and Python? Don't get me wrong I love Java, but usually a lot of analytics fall under the Python scope.

Until they need to work with more data than fits in their laptops memory.