> Is there actual hard data out there that suggests that Python provides significant benefits over a statically typed compiled language? You are asking for har

> Is there actual hard data out there that suggests that Python provides significant benefits over a statically typed compiled language? You are asking for hard data on a badly defined question. What kind of benefits are you talking about? Does learning curve count? Does speed of development and prototyping count? Does lack of build/compile cycle count? If I want to run analysis on some data or play around with a machine learning model or actually do any other "I just wanna see what happens" type of experiment, python provides a lot of advantages over a lot of other languages. If I want to create a simple set of REST style fetch-from-db-and-return-JSON APIs, python is great. There are other options, like Go and Node, but Python is pretty good. There are other scenarios like this, but these two are the first ones that come to my mind. I am currently working on a medium sized python project (about 25K LOC or so) and I am starting to think of rewriting some of the key pieces in a compiled, statically typed language for better performance and maintainability. But I feel that at this size and smaller I still have the benefits of quick development cycle.