If you’ve ever looked into what it takes to become a developer of AI software, you probably know that Python is the language of choice for 95% of Machine Learning applications out there.
So, why Python? It’s not super easy to learn. Students can learn graphical programming languages like Apple’s Swift much faster. It’s not the speediest. There are other programming languages that are better optimized to develop the GPU and CPU intensive tasks that Machine Learning software requires. Unfortunately, it’s not even the most ubiquitous (for applications outside of machine learning and data science). Many programmers are much more familiar with Javascript for web development. It is free, so it does have that going for it.
Here’s what Quora has to say about it:
“…it is a general language that does a little of everything at a good enough complexity-performance tradeoff with a full suite of tools for
productionizing machine learning.”Thia Kai Xin, Head of Data (Tech In Asia), Co-Founder of DataScience SG.
Essentially, Python is effective enough to get the job done. Major companies like Google,
