[smallerfish]

To steal from another thread, Python is the McDonald's of languages - it's ubiquitous, it doesn't take much effort, and it's really not very good.

The trope about it being the 2nd best language for everything isn't correct. It's taught in universities because it has a very short time to gratification, and the basic syntax is quite intuitive. Academics latched onto it for ML because of some excellent libraries, and it became established as a vital part of the ecosystem from there.

But it's a nightmare to support a moderate to large codebase in production, packaging continues to be a mess, and it's full of weird quirks. Great for weekend projects, but for pete's sake take a minute and port them into something more reliable before going to production with them.

[alanfranz]

I think you’re focusing too much on the letter, rather than the idea.