Your phrasing suggests (I might be wrong) that (a) the expected answer is no, in your optinion, and that (b) Python is a relevant factor. If that is so, I wonde

Your phrasing suggests (I might be wrong) that (a) the expected answer is no, in your optinion, and that (b) Python is a relevant factor. If that is so, I wonder if you would consider an equivalent program written in C to be systems programming. (My personal opinion is that the whole discussion is moot, a "systems programming" category is ill-defined and not needed.)