| > The key advantage of Python is that it's good enough at many things and that there is a giant infrastructure of libraries and a huge community Right that's exactly my point. But once that's gone there's not really anything left for it. JS is also good enough at everything and probably has a larger community and more stability given it's the language of the web. Def not there in terms of ML yet, but it can get there > I'd probably rather write quick scripts in Python Because you're used to it. > It's probably also easier to hire for Python than Ruby If we're talking backend, an even easier thing to higher for than both of them is JS/TS > Python also has mindshare in many niches for example in security many things are quickly scripted in Python Yup. Again, this is the momentum of its community, but not anything inherent to it > "pick whatever language gets the job done" I don't disagree that that language isn't usually Python today. I'm just saying all of its success is due to the community and ecosystem so I don't see any guarantee that this will still be the case many years from now |