[gmfawcett]

Sure, but there's a continuum at play here. Haskell leaves some correctness on the table, right? -- you should be using Idris 2; or better yet, proving your API in Coq and extracting the code. From some perspectives, Haskell is the "worse" in "worse is better".

Personally I find python-is-wrong arguments to be a bit naive. "It's a crappy language that's only good enough to build prototypes..." -- like YouTube, for example? :) Ultimately, smart developers are smart, and can get work done with whatever tools they have at hand.

[fiedzia]

Take computer away from them and see how far they'll go.

Tools matter. However the community and ecosystem behind Python makes it extremely hard to beat at many games.

[gmfawcett]

LOL, I agree that YouTube would be hard to build if you only had a hammer and chisel. :P