[pdimitar]

Oh yeah, "every language has issues", or "if you just invest a little effort you'll get it", sure. But those languages that I use don't prevent me from installing a CLI tool and have me fighting with its half-witted package manager to do so. And they don't (or they very rarely do) mandate me to learn idiosyncrasies so I can do basic activities.

The only thing that keeps Python alive and well is the fact that many people don't know anything else -- and never will know anything else -- and that's one of the reasons it's widely taught in universities. The AI/ML stuff can be replaced with its underlying C/C++/Rust libraries in a week so that's not an argument in Python's favor at all.

I wish people stopped pretending Python is OK. It very much is not. It's a collective delusion kept alive by network effects.

[baq]

The argument is that it can be … but isn’t. It hits a sweet spot. It isn’t your sweet spot, but it is for a lot of folks.