| ▲ | culi 2 hours ago | |
IMO javascript was a valid alternative. Easy to learn and easy to run. That's the main things needed for academic work Python had a history of tooling/libraries that made it well ingrained into academia | ||
| ▲ | maleldil an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Javascript didn't have the same FFI story with C/Fortran as Python. That's what allowed libraries such as numpy, scipy, pandas, etc. to flourish. | ||