C and C++ Are Surprisingly Useful for Data Science Applications

We recently heard from a number of C and C experts talk about its merits with data science. Cristiano L. Fontana of OpenSource.com talked about some of these benefits in a recent article. "While languages like Python and R are increasingly popular for data science, C and C can be a strong choice for efficient and effective data science. It is the language I use the most for number crunching, mostly because of its performance. I find it rather tedious to use, as it needs a lot of boilerplate code, but it is well supported in various environments. The C99 standard is a recent revision that adds some nifty features and is well supported by compilers."