[KurtMueller]

Python the language doesn't give you super powers and I would say that its clunkier and less elegant than Ruby and obviously not as powerful as languages like F#. Python's ecosystem and contributors are its biggest benefits and they help you succeed in spite of the language itself.

[jgeada]

The ecosystem exists because Python does make it possible. That was one of the main thrusts of the article!

[pdimitar]

> The ecosystem exists because Python does make it possible.

Only to a certain point, after which the network effects override everything else.