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.py in the sky
Personal blog · astrofrog.github.io/blogprogrammingscience
.py in the sky is a personal blog at astrofrog.github.io about programming and science. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Python 3 in Science: the great migration has begun”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its survey charts on Python version and operating system use in science, cited in threads on the Python 3 migration. The comments do not judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Python 3 in Science: the great migration has begun2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-05-09
What Hacker News says?
I found these https://semaphoreci.com/blog/2016/11/11/python-versions-used... http://astrofrog.github.io/blog/2015/05/09/2015-survey-resul...
Comment linking /blog/2015/05/09/2015-survey-results/
on “Why I'm Making Python 2.8”Submitted Code that will break in Python 4 as a story · 433 points
HN discussionDoes this[1] type of plot have a name? [1] http://astrofrog.github.io/images/survey_plots/python_vs_exp...
Comment linking /images/survey_plots/python_vs_experience.svg
on “Python 3 in Science: the great migration has begun”Submitted Python 3 in Science: the great migration has begun as a story · 86 points
HN discussionPerhaps off topic, but this was the most interesting to me: http://astrofrog.github.io/images/survey_plots/os.svg People really use Linux in scientific communities? Like, non-computer people? In the Netherlands Linux usage (or anything other than Windows and OS X), even among university software engineering students, is almost non-existent. Three out of seventy students I know use it (4%), including myself.
Comment linking /images/survey_plots/os.svg
on “Python 3 in Science: the great migration has begun”
