The problem is that the language is in part pitched this way, as a "best of both worlds" language where you can get "C-like" performance while still living in a

The problem is that the language is in part pitched this way, as a "best of both worlds" language where you can get "C-like" performance while still living in a dynamic world, at least in part. But it's not true. It's certainly faster than Python, and a more elegant language. So I'd be in a much happier world if people were using it for some of the places where they're using Python. But its slow startup time makes it unsuitable for many scripting type tasks. And its module system and deployment thereof is... complicated.