Not that I disagree with (m)any of the points you raise, but with due respect I think it's a bit off-topic from my comment. Were it my choice, any time the nee

Not that I disagree with (m)any of the points you raise, but with due respect I think it's a bit off-topic from my comment. Were it my choice, any time the need for concurrency comes up at my job I'd prefer to use a statically typed, compiled langauge like C++ or Java (or, once I've familiarized myself with Rust's implementations, that language), and this kind of discussion wouldn't even come up. I like python as a rapid-prototyping language. For the kinds of numerical computations and data-laden I/O bound work I do I find it sorely lacking, and consider it an unfortunate choice for production work.