Since you brought it up I would like to pile on. There are scads of Academic applications that will remain in use for decades and every single one of them has

Since you brought it up I would like to pile on. There are scads of Academic applications that will remain in use for decades and every single one of them has a half baked Windows port that is used 10000% more often in research institutions where security concerns mandate managed OS not fashion OS or hobby OS. I don't hate python just lazy windows ports.