[Mikhail_K]

> I'm reasonably certain that they can handle more

"reasonably" is out of place here.

> our assumption that Python necessarily results in an "unmaintainable mess" is "interesting," that is, wrong.

It's not assumption, it's a conclusion based on the state of Python's "ecosystem"

> As to whether their choice of Python is fatal, feel free to do it better in a "modern language."

Yeah, the only people who can judge food are cooks themselves.