Python - what for?

I liked what this blog said re. the motivation ("1. Figure out what motivates you" section about 1/5th of the page):

  • Data science / Machine learning
  • Mobile apps
  • Websites
  • Games
  • Hardware / Sensors / Robots
  • Scripts to automate your work
Mine is – Data science / Machine learning, and that's about it. And Scripts to automate your work, but that comes as a by-product. I've got other technologies in tact for those others. Python is algorithms to me.

Not sure how comprehensive the above list is (neither does the author himself - says ".., such as"), but suits me – serves the purpose. Lays out a view.


 

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