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Or panda or numpy... I think they wanted to compare raw languages, in terms of syntax, size of the code, ease or writing it for a given problem, as a matter of fact look at their disclaimer"

> Do it with R instead .../... Or at least use an existing CSV-mangling library.

Having said that, I think your comment is to the point, one of the reason I use python a lot is because of its libraries. I once decided to use OCaml to solve a performance issue, and was surprise by the lack of librairies for what seemed common in more modern languages (even with opam).



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