No. If the author were truly trying to present this as fact there’s be far more remarks against anticipated disputes “pythonistas will say… blah blah blah… but

No. If the author were truly trying to present this as fact there’s be far more remarks against anticipated disputes “pythonistas will say… blah blah blah… but here’s why they’re wrong” or more extreme statements, “it’s an objective truth that… only fools would deny…” The author doesn’t do any of this, in fact the author is barely even arguing a point. It’s pretty clearly an opinion piece. Human beings have been writing like this and differentiating between fact and opinion for centuries. Demanding that all writing be watered down to hedge-laden statements and statistics would land us in a very boring world indeed. People can read, judge, and think for themselves. We don’t all approach literature like computers reading instructions.