Tag: Comparison

"Compared to other programming languages, Python and Ruby are so similar that hearing arguments between them is like trying to figure out which identical twin is more handsome."

Ruby, Io, PHP, Python, Lua, Java, Perl, Applescript, TCL, ELisp, Javascript, OCaml, Ghostscript, and C Fractal Benchmark.

Lennon Day-Reynolds wrote on his blog: "I’ve recently made the transition from full-time Rails development to a mix of technologies including, in large part, Django. Since I was a Python guy before I ever started using Ruby, the transition has mostly been an easy one, but there are some fairly significant differences in design and philosophy between the two frameworks that are worth thinking about if you’re picking a platform for a new project."

So it’s pretty clear by now that statistics and machine learning aren’t very different fields.

Joel Spolsky wrote on his blog "What are the cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers? There are many details and subtleties, but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers."

Code comparison (size and complexity) between Mathematica, MatLab and Python.