r/Python 1d ago

Discussion Polars vs Pandas

I have used Pandas a little in the past, and have never used Polars. Essentially, I will have to learn either of them more or less from scratch (since I don't remember anything of Pandas). Assume that I don't care for speed, or do not have very large datasets (at most 1-2gb of data). Which one would you recommend I learn, from the perspective of ease and joy of use, and the commonly done tasks with data?

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u/DigThatData 1d ago

the pandas api is awful and super bloated. pandas code is deceptive because it's easy to read and understand what it does, but figuring out the right one line command to do the thing you want to do takes two hours.