And I have just the opposite experience ie I know Python but I see scala demands more :)
I think there are few fair points on both sides, and scala wins: 1. Feature parity: Definitely scala wins. Not only new spark features, but if you intend to use 3rd party connectors (such as Azure services). 2. performance: no serialisation overhead as scala objects are in JVM itself. But it is relevant ONLY for UDF/Custom Python functions. 3. Code complexity: Python is much faster to code, but this is more of choice.... 4. data science - here python is first class citizen, almost no feature gap between scala and python api IMHO, both has sweet spots.......and i would highly recommend to learn python for just sake of sheer fun to code with it :) best Ayan On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Adaryl Wakefield < adaryl.wakefi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Is there any performance difference in writing your application in python > vs. scala? I’ve resisted learning Python because it’s an interpreted > scripting language, but the market seems to be demanding Python skills. > > > > Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA > Principal > Mass Street Analytics, LLC > 913.938.6685 > > www.massstreet.net > > www.linkedin.com/in/bobwakefieldmba > Twitter: @BobLovesData <http://twitter.com/BobLovesData> > > > -- Best Regards, Ayan Guha
