Readability. Ease of scripting. Libs. Multi-paradigm. Simplicity to debug. Good instrospection. Expressivity. Fantastic community. Great documentation (because

Readability. Ease of scripting. Libs. Multi-paradigm. Simplicity to debug. Good instrospection. Expressivity. Fantastic community. Great documentation (because hey, docstrings). It's a no brainer to teach and to learn or train for and gives you good habits. And it does the job.