I think there are several reasons: - The history is backwards: it isn’t that devs wanted to make a native library and then chose Python, it’s that they chose P

I think there are several reasons: - The history is backwards: it isn’t that devs wanted to make a native library and then chose Python, it’s that they chose Python and then they needed a native library. - Python works very well for scripts and small programs, and decently well for medium-size programs. This makes libraries with concrete purposes very useful and productive. If your library, say, helps devs do some basic calculation with time series, the ability to be used in quick scripts is a big plus. - The C API is fairly good, and libraries such as pybind11 make it even better. You don’t need a lot of code or boilerplate for an extension.