[instig007]

> Sometimes it will be worth it to have the non-programmer write it in Python and then do Herculean things in the background to make it fast enough.

Nim exists, Crystal exists

[dmoy]

It would not surprise me if some shops end up using less common languages to fill a niche (or hell, invent their own DSL).

But it also wouldn't surprise me if a lot of shops land on python because that's what their hiring pool knows.

[skeledrew]

With insignificant ecosystems, compared to Python.