Author here. I don't think you can blame English colloquialism for that... But I did answer the question - python is used because it's gratifying, or has been

Author here. I don't think you can blame English colloquialism for that... But I did answer the question - python is used because it's gratifying, or has been in years past. But what's also interesting is whether this will hold in the future, and for some of us this may lead to a different conclusion.