As the answer to the tweet says: - it didn't get billions of dollar of investment - it was born 30 years ago in a different time and carry the weight of those

As the answer to the tweet says: - it didn't get billions of dollar of investment - it was born 30 years ago in a different time and carry the weight of those decisions and legacy - it only got serious focus and investments the last decade, while alternative got 100 times more - "this is all you get" downplay the enormous qualities of python to focus only on what's wrong with it. It never was in a situation to have success by default, it gained market share because it was good. No monopoly on the browser, no jump start at the begining of the web like php, no .net style founding by a giant. Somehow, the author must ignore some inherant good stuff to the language.