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by joelbluminator 1647 days ago
In what way is Scala a better Python? The 2 seem nothing alike to me.
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sireat 1647 days ago
Scala is almost as terse as Python for data munging/wrangling tasks (unlike say C#,C++ or Java)

Scala is almost as much joy to write data munging tasks as Python (unlike say C#, C++, Java, and I have to say Golang).

Chaining multiple maps and filters is so much more pleasurable than writing 4 nested loops with multiple ifs inside.

The better part is that you can reliably deploy Scala unlike Python.

We just had yet another discussion on the mess that Python deployment is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29439149

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joelbluminator 1646 days ago
Still. For some data scientist who knows nothing about programming, or for some CS student getting started with his first programming assignment - which is easier - Python or Scala? I'd say Python, by a lot.
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zackangelo 1647 days ago
People often compare them because they're the two best supported languages for interacting with Spark (and its ecosystem).
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