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A comment on Fast.ai and why Python is not the future of ML with Jeremy Howard. Parent comment

Re:Fast.ai and why Python is not the future of ML with Jerem... by dunefox on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:36AM (#24406750)
> Python versatility is miles ahead. You can build Web APIs, Web apps, automation scrips, data scrapping and so on.

What? And you somehow cannot do that in Julia?

> So one more alternative to write fast code without giving up on python entirely.

I don't have to give up on Python, I can just use all libraries from Julia with PyCall. I'm just glad I don't have to use Python the language anymore than absolutely necessary.

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Re:Fast.ai and why Python is not the future of ML with Jerem... by miguendes on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @07:28AM (#24407337)
> What? And you somehow cannot do that in Julia?

You definitely can. My point is that python libs are more mature and there are more options to choose from than Julia.

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Re:Fast.ai and why Python is not the future of ML with Jerem... by dklend122 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:25PM (#24411280)
Julia libraries are plenty mature enough to be useful and Julia's 10x advantage in numerical computing far outweighs the difference in many cases.
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