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- Python was around long before JavaScript became a thing outside the browser (and yeah, I know it was possible for a while, but let's face it, we needed Node.j
by ravenstine 3y ago
- Python was around long before JavaScript became a thing outside the browser (and yeah, I know it was possible for a while, but let's face it, we needed Node.js and NPM)
- A lack of needing "end" syntax is appealing to many new programmers
- Perl is... yeah.
- Ruby, as beautiful a language as it is, but represents everything wrong with OOP and metaprogramming. Lots of footguns, especially when veering away from basic CRUD with Ruby On Rails.
- Numpy, Scipy, Pandas
- The name "Python" sounds cool. JavaScript sounds like Java, but it has the word "script" in it, implying that it's inferior. Ruby sounds like that girl you had unrequited love for.
- The head start Python had meant that many software packages included a Python runtime for plugins, and there's no reason to change this.