Ask HN: Which language to use for text analysis?

4 points by eecks 10y ago ↗ HN

I'm looking to find out if there is a commonly used programming language to do text analysis?

I know Python is popular and I've used it before. I just want to see what peoples opinions are.

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The better way is to look at which of the existing libraries is best for you and, unless you have a severe dislike for the language it is written in, go with that.

eecks 10y ago ↗

Basically what I am asking. What I am doing is broad so "best library for me" isn't relevant yet.

nyc_cyn 10y ago ↗

ClojureScript targeting nodejs.

- more concise/elegant/beautiful than python

- since it targets nodejs, startup time = fast => blazing fast scripting

- clojure = fastest protoyping language around

- it's not JavaScript (but you get to use any JS module you need)

- it gives you an excuse to learn a functional lisp

sidcool 10y ago ↗

Scala has seen quite good adoption in BigData space. Spark is in and out Scala. It's only growing in popularity