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Alex3917 on Sept 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Incredible Growth of Python

> To me, if anything I'm curious why python was so low percentage-wise in question views only five years ago.

The majority of the top CS colleges switched to teaching using Python within the last five years. This provides a big reason for companies to use Python as well, since it drives down the cost of hiring.

sametmax on Sept 6, 2017 [–]

Same in France, it's the default language now.

It also mean more questions in SO by a lot of lost students.

And it means later, more Python devs on the market.

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