Python was huge before Google even existed. I first started using Python slightly after that time and for years it was a pretty niche language that relatively

Python was huge before Google even existed. I first started using Python slightly after that time and for years it was a pretty niche language that relatively few people used, especially compared to the other 'P' languages, Perl and PHP. I'd estimate 2001-2002 as when it would say it started to become a 'normal' language and I wouldn't say it really started taking off until around 2005ish.