i agree that python has a surprising amount of useful packages, but unless you are using those unique-to-python packages, then i honestly don't understand why y

i agree that python has a surprising amount of useful packages, but unless you are using those unique-to-python packages, then i honestly don't understand why you would choose the language. i have seen it used in two cases where it shouldn't have been used. one had no use of special python packages and to be honest, the ecosystem was a mess. so i disagree with the robust ecosystem part. the other case was transitioning academic work to a product. it's obvious they used python in their academic work but to continue using it for a product with user interface and speed requirements made no sense to me.