Because it managed to produce frictionless adoption in academia. All the rest is downstream of that. MVPs in entrepreneurial initiatives are done with that. RES

Because it managed to produce frictionless adoption in academia. All the rest is downstream of that. MVPs in entrepreneurial initiatives are done with that. RESTful APIs are based on the prototypes that come from academia. Good libraries for data processing of lots of data required by academic studies became easily adopted there. So a less-effort/easiest-convenience law inside academia made it win. BTW, if you enjoy Ruby, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGaKZBr0ga4&t=705s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGaKZBr0ga4&t=705s