Fair question. I can only speak from my own experience here: Productivity, productivity, productivity. Yes, there are faster, safer, and more modern languages

Fair question. I can only speak from my own experience here: Productivity, productivity, productivity. Yes, there are faster, safer, and more modern languages out there. However Python for me still hits nails the hell out of getting stuff done, really really quickly. That applies both to the language itself, and from the standpoint of having such an extensive and mature ecosystem of packages to choose from.