How Python became the language of choice for data science

Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science by jmduke on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:00AM (#6779478)

Do you have any recommendations wrt getting started with Julia? It's a language I've wanted to explore a bit, but I haven't been able to find any good community resources or jumping-off points.

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Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science by fphilipe on Friday November 22, 2013 @02:56AM (#6779718)

This "Learn X in Y minutes" snippet [1] showing a bunch of examples in Julia is the best starting point. I always return to this one as it is usually much faster to find what you're looking for than searching the docs.

1: http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/

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Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science by astrieanna on Friday November 22, 2013 @10:16AM (#6781138)

I wrote Learn Julia in Y minutes. Is there anything unclear or that you'd find useful to have included/changed?

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Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science by simonster on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:25AM (#6779533)

I might not be the best person to ask, since I don't generally have the attention span for tutorials and usually prefer to learn by reading/writing code. With that said, the manual (http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.2/manual/) is quite good.

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Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science by lindauer on Friday November 22, 2013 @12:07PM (#6782036)

This thread led me to search for updated information about Julia's maturity. I came across a pretty informative post from one of the devs and posted it at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6782015.

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