> I think Python was popular as a general-purpose language first. After all, there was a reason people put so much effort into writing Numpy in the first place

> I think Python was popular as a general-purpose language first. After all, there was a reason people put so much effort into writing Numpy in the first place. what general purpose? that's just a buzz word. especially back then shipping python apps was never a viable option compared to binaries compiled from c/++ or java. there never was such a "general purpose".