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Re:Things from Python I'd miss in Go by Touche on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @10:12AM (#7872556)
I don't understand your complaint, isn't "scientific computing libraries" a niche?
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Re:Things from Python I'd miss in Go by adwn on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @10:45AM (#7872778)
> isn't "scientific computing libraries" a niche

In a way, yes. The point I'm trying to make is that there are many niches that require the performance of C++ [1], while the author implied that there's just a single one.

Sorry, I should have been clearer on that.

[1] If you're not convinced, I can give you a lot more examples.

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