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    Java
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    Faster than Ruby
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    Threads
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    JVM
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    Open source
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    Supports native Ruby gems out the box
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    Garbage collection built-in
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    Built-in Testing
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    Deploy as executable jay
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    Great community
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    Great libraries
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    Readable code
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    Beautiful code
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    Rapid development
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    Large community
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    Open source
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    Elegant
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    Great community
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    Object oriented
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    Dynamic typing
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    Great standard library
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    Very fast
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    Functional programming
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    Easy to learn
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    Scientific computing
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    Great documentation
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    Productivity
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    Matlab alternative
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    Easy to read
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    Simple is better than complex
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    It's the way I think
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    Imperative
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    Very programmer and non-programmer friendly
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    Free
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    Powerfull language
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    Machine learning support
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    Fast and simple
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    Scripting
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    Explicit is better than implicit
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    Ease of development
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    Clear and easy and powerfull
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    Unlimited power
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    It's lean and fun to code
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    Import antigravity
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    Print "life is short, use python"
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    Python has great libraries for data processing
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    Although practicality beats purity
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    Fast coding and good for competitions
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    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious
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    High Documented language
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    Readability counts
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    Rapid Prototyping
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    I love snakes
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    Now is better than never
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    Flat is better than nested
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    Great for tooling
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    Great for analytics
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    Web scraping
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    Lists, tuples, dictionaries
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    Complex is better than complicated
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    Socially engaged community
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    Plotting
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    Beautiful is better than ugly
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    Easy to learn and use
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    Easy to setup and run smooth
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    Simple and easy to learn
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    Multiple Inheritence
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    CG industry needs
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    List comprehensions
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    Powerful language for AI
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    Flexible and easy
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    It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi
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    Many types of collections
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    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g
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    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id
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    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules
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    Pip install everything
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    No cruft
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    Generators
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    Import this
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    Can understand easily who are new to programming
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    Securit
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    Should START with this but not STICK with This
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    A-to-Z
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    Because of Netflix
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    Only one way to do it
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    Better outcome
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    Good for hacking
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    Batteries included
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    Procedural programming
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    Sexy af
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    Automation friendly
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    Slow
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    Best friend for NLP
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    Powerful
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    Keep it simple
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    Cons of JRuby
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        Still divided between python 2 and python 3
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        Performance impact
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        Poor syntax for anonymous functions
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        GIL
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        Package management is a mess
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        Too imperative-oriented
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        Hard to understand
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        Dynamic typing
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        Very slow
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        Indentations matter a lot
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        Not everything is expression
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        Incredibly slow
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        Explicit self parameter in methods
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        Requires C functions for dynamic modules
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        Poor DSL capabilities
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        No anonymous functions
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        Fake object-oriented programming
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        Threading
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        The "lisp style" whitespaces
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        Official documentation is unclear.
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        Hard to obfuscate
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        Circular import
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        Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"
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        The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit
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        Not suitable for autocomplete
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        Meta classes
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        Training wheels (forced indentation)
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        What is JRuby?

        JRuby is the effort to recreate the Ruby (http://www.ruby-lang.org) interpreter in Java. The Java version is tightly integrated with Java to allow both to script any Java class and to embed the interpreter into any Java application. See the docs directory for more information.

        What is Python?

        Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

        What is Zsh (Z shell)?

        An interactive login shell, command interpreter and scripting language.

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