# My take on Python vs Julia

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**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-take-on-python-vs-julia/14530 "2018-09-04T11:09:17Z")\
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> **[Should I learn Julia directly or learn Python instead, waiting for Julia to...](https://www.quora.com/Should-I-learn-Julia-directly-or-learn-Python-instead-waiting-for-Julia-to-be-more-featured/answer/Felipe-Noronha-2?share=679561f2&srid=3CjP5)**
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> Answer (1 of 23): Unless you have a particularly compelling reason to use Julia (something you know you can only do in Julia), you should just stick with Python.
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> Julia is trying to be a language targeting for data science, but Python already has a...