I was going to comment here that the answer didn't actually answer the question. That is, it elaborated why Python is so slow, and how slowness can be a problem

I was going to comment here that the answer didn't actually answer the question. That is, it elaborated why Python is so slow, and how slowness can be a problem, and how other languages are faster, but it didn't address the question of why Python is used despite it being so slow. Turns out I had to restructure my response because the author already used what I believe is a British colloquialism to preemptively reject a challenge to the legitimacy of the answer, saying: > a self-proclaimed 'Python fanboy' complained that I did not answer the question in this response. I think I did, although it's true that I would score nul points on the modern A-level style box-ticking approach to scoring exams. Whether that is a negative thing depends on your perspective!