"Real world" is an odd concept in college. Python is used A LOT in the real world, including NASA and many fortune 500 companies. Just because there is still m

"Real world" is an odd concept in college. Python is used A LOT in the real world, including NASA and many fortune 500 companies. Just because there is still more COBOL code running in the "real world" than there is C# code doesn't mean C# is 'radical'. Plus HackerNews readers are likely to be less concerned with what people used 5 years ago when they started the projects that are big today (e.g. Java etc.) they're more interested in what people are using _NOW_ to make the projects that will be big tomorrow (e.g. Python)