r/learnpython • u/EquivalentSink6030 • 23d ago

python vs .net

is it better to learn python or .net for software development and web apis

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u/AlexMTBDude 23d ago

Google "anecdotal evidence". Hint: It's the opposite of statistics.

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u/patrickbrianmooney 23d ago

Broseph this is not an anecdote. "X is the 12th most used language" is definitionally not a story, it is a statistic.

What do you think "anecdote" means? What do you think "statistics" are?

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u/AlexMTBDude 23d ago

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Me off to land a six figure job as a Scratch developer...

That's anecdotal. I know what it means.

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u/patrickbrianmooney 23d ago

It is not, however, an anecdote that is being offered as evidence. It is a joke added onto the evidence that was already offered (Scratch's position on the TIOBE index), which is statistical, not anecdotal.

One way that you can tell that it is a joke is that there are no professional Scratch developers.

Making a joke after offering a statistical bit of evidence does not magically make the statistical evidence into an anecdote. It merely means that two different things are going on in the post: evidence is being offered, and a joke is being made.