[nottorp]

To quote from Eric Raymond's article about python, ages ago:

"My second [surprise] came a couple of hours into the project, when I noticed (allowing for pauses needed to look up new features in Programming Python) I was generating working code nearly as fast as I could type.

When you're writing working code nearly as fast as you can type and your misstep rate is near zero, it generally means you've achieved mastery of the language. But that didn't make sense, because it was still day one and I was regularly pausing to look up new language and library features!"

Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

It doesn't go for large code bases, but if you need quick results using existing well tested libraries, like in machine learning and data science, I think those statements are still valid.

Obviously not when you're multiprocessing, that is going to bite you in any language.