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Timing could be a factor. Python was released in 1991. Numeric, the ancestor of NumPy, followed in 1995, the same year Ruby was released. So Python already had
by civilized 5y ago
Timing could be a factor. Python was released in 1991. Numeric, the ancestor of NumPy, followed in 1995, the same year Ruby was released. So Python already had its hooks into scientific computing before Ruby even started.