Yeah I mean I agree with you on basically all of this, I just think this proves my point that to whatever extent languages are used, it's more about features of the language, not killer apps.
And yeah, saying the author of Numpy chose Python is a little weird, since it's mostly written in C and Fortran (IIRC) but I'm pretty sure it was made with bindings to Python in mind, as you say, so the point still stands.
And yeah, saying the author of Numpy chose Python is a little weird, since it's mostly written in C and Fortran (IIRC) but I'm pretty sure it was made with bindings to Python in mind, as you say, so the point still stands.
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