What are the best programming languages for data science?

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Scala is an object-functional programming and scripting language for general software applications, statically typed, designed to concisely express solutions in an elegant, type-safe and lightweight (low ceremonial) manner.

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Algebraic types

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Several data science libraries available (Scala or Java based)

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Modern object-functional language that allows high level abstraction

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Based on the JVM hence cross platform and much tooling

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It's the language of Spark, the leading big data platform

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Complex language

Not for beginners.

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Can be intimidating for beginners

Scala is an industrial language. It brings functional programming to the JVM, but not with a "start small and grow the language" perspective, but rather a very powerful language for professional programmers.

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