I personally find python in general to align almost perfectly with the way I think about writing software. It's interpreted so I can do things like compiling dy

I personally find python in general to align almost perfectly with the way I think about writing software. It's interpreted so I can do things like compiling dynamic python in my code or fall into a python shell for debugging. Majority of time, I can use the standard library to do everything I need. And I love the clean syntax of Python — always a pleasure to look at. As for Py3, the standard libs are very clean and streamlined, (e.g. io). Oddly enough, the point that I love about Py3 is its handling of unicode vs bytes (which most people find it difficult for some reason). I'm not sure what you mean by "can't target the browser"? I don't find distributing/deploying python to be difficult or even involved at all. I do get annoyed at the single CPU bound limitation. If I had to summarize why I'd pick Py3 for new projects, I'd say because it thrives in being minimalist and I hate clutter.