What's Python is used for? It's an interpreted language,

>It's an interpreted language, so how can it be so widely used?
what a nonsequitur

>>59476796
You can't deploy that, unless you want everyone to be able to read your slow code.

>What's Python is used for?
retard shit

>how can it be so widely used?
at least 2/3 of the world is retarded

>>59476818

JavaScript sees a massive amount of usage ever

basically every web development language is interpreted

if you want to be strict then Java is technically interpreted and that's one of the most widely used languages in the world.

Because you can just

import SomeoneElsesWork

and get shit done on the quick.

It's great for sysadmins and people who don't give two fucks about performance.

It Just Works™

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>polluting the air
>polluting rivers
>causing earthquakes through fracking
>contributing to global warming
>expropriating surplus labor value

>"""leaving you alone"""

>>59476864
But that's the same with every language you have libraries for.

>>59476704
>What's Python is used for?
Quick stuff to prototype concepts with
>It's an interpreted language, so how can it be so widely used?
I dunno, it just is.

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>>59476888

>>causing earthquakes through fracking

>>59476834
>retarded shit
>literally powers 90% of state of the art deep learning systems

>>59476912
a deeply theoretical field of computer science isn't concerned with the rigor of engineering. You don't say.

>>59476955
Engineer here.
We use python all the fucking time.

Also:
> Engineering
> Rigor

>>59476912
more like
>powers 90% of state of the art C/C++ wrappers for deep learning systems, so computer """scientists""" can have their dumbed down throw-away scripts to enforce cat-anythings
also
>deep learning
>not retarded
pick one
>>59476704
It works on the assumption that you hopefully never have to touch all the C/C++/Fortran/whatever libraries that power it. And that you don't have too many function calls to them.
see >>59476864
>>59476889
No, for example with C or C++ it's a pita to use other peoples libraries in comparison. Or take JS where you have to pull a tree of clusterfucks and even the """standard library is garbage""".
Or CPAN where they just pretend to have a huge number of valuable, well supported libraries.

>>59477011
>2017
>not understanding deep learning
Literally off yourself.

>>59477051
Nice projecting.

>>59476704
>What's Python is used for?
To managing packages in Gentoo and making games (Ren py).

I am learning Python but I have no idea what I'll be doing with it. Anyone in the same boat?

>>59477097
Nice deflection.

>>59476864
>don't give two fucks about performance
Just to note that with Cython and paying a little attention to the code written someone can get near C performance.

>>59477206
Machine learning.

>>59477228
Just fucking write in C retard? Bet you like IronPython too hypocrite

>>59477229
Not sure what you're trying to say

>>59477238
>writing 10x more lines, more complex and more prone to errors code to get the same result
and I ain't using Mono so I don't care about IP

>>59477217
Ok, kid.

>>59476818
Python generates compiled files, I think. Not sure if you can deploy that.

Anyway, it's absurdly easy to develop in Python, the syntax is as common sense as it gets and the performance hit barely matters nowadays.

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>>59476888
>leave you alone
>unless you violate the NAP

python is for stealing C users music