[brainless]

I use Python by choice and the more there is growing need for Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Data Mining, the more I can not leave Python.

I try Rust, Ruby and others on the side. But Python is just so heavily fortified now that I constantly suggest startups who are going to build non-trivial tech to select Python. Also the whole Linux, deployment, etc. space is filled with Python.

Biology, Physics, Math folks also use more Python than any other language.

[throw1234651234]

.NET Core can deploy to Linux now.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy...

It's also faster than Node. Significantly faster. I was troubleshooting a connection issue to a db from a .NET Core API so I set up a NodeJS API hitting the same db to isolate it to the connection. After I was done fixing things, I compared the API response speeds for the same thing. .NET Core outperformed Node dramatically just like in benchmarks.

[robodale]

I've been running a website and API with .NET Core for over a year...deploying to Digital Ocean droplets that run Ubuntu. Using MySQL instead of PostGres, sorry HN. It all runs like a champ, and costs me $17.05 USD per month. I only have about 100 users, so I'll scale if/when needed. I built it all on a refurb $700 macbook air I bought in 2016.

[robodale]

...and I can concur on the performance. It's hilariously fast.

[davedx]

Hmm. If you believe in microservices then I think it's fine to use python for your ML pipelines and API's, and some other language for the rest of your application software.

[mellavora]

what about R?

or Scala if you need bigger scale?

[hansvm]

In my corner of the world, most professors in those disciplines do obscene things with Mathematica as their first choice rather than using a more traditional programming language.

After that there's a fairly healthy dose of C and Fortran from the performance-oriented crowd, quite a few people use Python (but its hard to express just how completely and totally alien their uses are from one another), and the closer you shift to biology or stats the more likely you are to see somebody using R. A few enthusiasts are extremely excited about Julia.

[rubatuga]

Yes let me just spin up my R web server.

[NationalPark]

Your web server isn't written in Python either, though.