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by realusername 2879 days ago
> What was Python's killer app?

Not a killer app, but the fact you have so many ML frameworks

> What is Rust's killer app?

That's clearly Servo.

> Go?

It was docker which really made Go take off, it was their first big platform.

> Kotlin's?

Android compatibility, before that it was a niche language not being picked up much.

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Python already won before ML was a thing.
In his early days, Python did not need anything, it was simply nicer to use than the other languages. Nowadays ML is a big plus.
It was called Zope.