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Python

Posted by Murilo de Melo
Murilo de Melo
14,456 Points

Why can Python do things other languages can't or is preferred?

I hear or read a lot that Python is good for ML, Analytics, AI, etc. But what is exactly there that other languages don't have and can't do it the way Python can in terms of syntax, platform and other technologies it has or make use of.

For instance, how would it to be the same with other languages?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points

Python is often preferred because it has many capabilities and has simpler syntax compared to many other languages.

But most any job can be done in most languages, and a few of the language-generic (computer science) courses actually provide examples of the same task being done in different languages.