>Is there perhaps another factor, such as an existing ecosystem or that it’s widely used in the academic field? Yes, it's widely used in science in general. Do

>Is there perhaps another factor, such as an existing ecosystem or that it’s widely used in the academic field? Yes, it's widely used in science in general. Don't underestimate the learning curves of other languages when your audience is scientists and mathematicians. Python is incredibly easy to use, even when using numpy and other scientific tools.