[sasha-dv]

I agree.

I was just pointing out that what you said about Python I could say about Ruby or Perl, some other guy about C++, ...

For example, I hate significant white space and if I had to use Python I would be miserable, but for you it's the best language in the world.

Sure, we can argue about what percent of the total users of a given language would use it if they had a freedom to choose a different one.

[johndcook]

Another way to put it would be to say that some languages are easier to avoid than others. I claim that it's easier to avoid Python than it is to avoid, for example, JavaScript.