Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis?

Posted by eecks on Saturday January 16, 2016 @05:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm looking to find out if there is a commonly used programming language to do text analysis?

I know Python is popular and I've used it before. I just want to see what peoples opinions are.

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Re:Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis? by jlg23 on Saturday January 16, 2016 @06:01PM (#10917289)

The better way is to look at which of the existing libraries is best for you and, unless you have a severe dislike for the language it is written in, go with that.

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Re:Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis? by eecks on Sunday January 17, 2016 @08:17AM (#10919369)

Basically what I am asking. What I am doing is broad so "best library for me" isn't relevant yet.

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Re:Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis? by nyc_cyn on Saturday January 16, 2016 @09:07PM (#10917959)

ClojureScript targeting nodejs.

- more concise/elegant/beautiful than python

- since it targets nodejs, startup time = fast => blazing fast scripting

- clojure = fastest protoyping language around

- it's not JavaScript (but you get to use any JS module you need)

- it gives you an excuse to learn a functional lisp

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Re:Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis? by sidcool on Sunday January 17, 2016 @01:23PM (#10920329)

Scala has seen quite good adoption in BigData space. Spark is in and out Scala. It's only growing in popularity

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