# Elixir vs Python

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**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-python/25619 "2019-09-24T11:32:55Z")\
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I don’t think it makes that much sense to compare them as their are very different and they are also used differently. But both can be used for web development, that is for sure.

Python is really strong in the ML/AI stuff, mainly because most of the tooling is written in Python. Probably to keep it very beginner friendly.

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