Vocal minority might be one of them. But I think that is not the only reason. I think it also because a lot of very useful and performant tools are being writte

Vocal minority might be one of them. But I think that is not the only reason. I think it also because a lot of very useful and performant tools are being written in it. Also, the fact that so many programs are being created likely suggests to newcomers (like me) is that it is not unreasonably difficult to write code in it.