Python was an obscure algorithms language until Google standardized around it, if they hadn’t we wouldn’t be talking about it. Not to say it’s good or bad since

Python was an obscure algorithms language until Google standardized around it, if they hadn’t we wouldn’t be talking about it. Not to say it’s good or bad since that’s silly and evaluating languages is complex and context sensitive, but IMHO Python isn’t popular because it’s great, even if it is.