There is a lot more history before the data part. But yes, it is a big "modern" driver for its popularity, and Python owes it to its easy C interop. I would co

There is a lot more history before the data part. But yes, it is a big "modern" driver for its popularity, and Python owes it to its easy C interop. I would contest the Ruby as web dev part, though. I used Ruby for Puppet and Vagrant a long time ago and it was great, but all my experiences with Rails (and associated gems) turned into maintenance nightmares.