What are the advantages and disadvantages of Python compare to Fortran, Matlab and Mathematica?

Question

Hey! I'm physics student. So will learning python only enough instead of learning these Fortran, Matlab or Mathematica? Give some advantages and disadvantages for this...

Answer 1

What a coincidence, check out my comment under the very recent post. Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer argues about Jupyter (supporting Python) Notebook's open-source strength versus Mathematica:
https://www.sololearn.com/post/38626/?ref=app

In general, Python's versatility makes it a more accessible tool in the long run. And Jupyter with its ease of manipulation and interactivity makes the combo a very strong competitor for perhaps more specialistic, but to their own doom, proprietary and closed-end solutions.
https://paulromer.net/jupyter-mathematica-and-the-future-of-the-research-paper

Answer 2

Python is a "general" programming language. Others are designed to meet a particular goal.
Matlab, Fortran and Mathematica are mostly used by mathematicians and engineers.