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Hi, good stuff! I am curious to know why it was primarily written in Python (according to GitHub 83.3%)?

• saagarjha 8y ago
  Python is great for writing glue code, so I'm not particularly surprised by the language choice.
• tracker1 8y ago
  Just generally speaking, code that does orchestration and testing in general is often easier under a dynamic scripted language over something that is built and compiled, even if it winds up as a custom DSL. I think Python is one of the better options here for the broader community support, and tooling. Aside: I tend to reach for node/js often for similar reasons (despite detractors) mostly because I'm more comfortable with it over Python or Ruby, but also because it's already integrated to most of the build/test environments I'm working on anyway.
• aboutruby 8y ago
  That's one of the main languages at Google. And there are moving towards more Go since a few years.
• kortilla 8y ago
  I’m curious why you seem to be surprised? It’s one of the most popular languages (even within Google).