Honestly I think the best explanation for python is for when you want something "quick and dirty". Between the less verbose syntax, and the library support - i

Honestly I think the best explanation for python is for when you want something "quick and dirty". Between the less verbose syntax, and the library support - it's incredibly difficult to beat if you measure time to POC. For many, many applications like cli scripts, webservers, datamanipulation, etc. C/CPP/Rust/Go are inarguably slower to get to POC, and have a higher learning curve. The network effect is incredibly strong as well with the library support. That said it'll be dirty. Might not be super fast, and it might not have all of the compile-time checking. I think the big thing is that this "quick and dirty" solution is "good enough" for a lot of people. And if it isn't, that's when you start moving things to rust/go/etc.