Python got traction earlier and is easier to pick up. Then it became the new Perl, the glue language to avoid C/C++, that created an ecosystem of reusable libr

Python got traction earlier and is easier to pick up. Then it became the new Perl, the glue language to avoid C/C++, that created an ecosystem of reusable libraries: numpy, then panda, then the deep learning stuff. I started with python in the 2000, it used to be impossible to find job in that language, startups took python as their "unfair advantage" and it grew every year since.