From personal experience, having programmed in a small number of languages C/C++, Java, COBOL, Pascal, Python, Ruby, various shells, Assembly (Intel) etc, there

From personal experience, having programmed in a small number of languages C/C++, Java, COBOL, Pascal, Python, Ruby, various shells, Assembly (Intel) etc, there are a few things that keep attracting me back to Python: a) Somehow the fact that indentation is meaningful forces my code to be neat automatically without having to run any beautifier through it. I consider myself a bit OCD on how the code looks (can't explain it) and I like how Python code finally looks. I like code to be maintainable and self-explanatory without leaving puzzles for my successors to solve. b) Batteries included. Granted there are libraries for most things in other languages, but nothing with the ease of access as Python. c) Portability without having to know the compiler intricacies of each Port/Platform/OS d) Being able to deliver solutions on time and within budget without putzing around with irrelevant stuff that the customer never cares about. Not being a Data Scientist, I don't know if any of this is relevant. But being educated in CS and responsible for delivering on promises I care about some of this a lot.