I totally agree with you, but unfortunately the lesson was not learned. Now in the back office you see "standard" software with their own scripting language, e.

I totally agree with you, but unfortunately the lesson was not learned. Now in the back office you see "standard" software with their own scripting language, e.g., APAX in Salesforce, or ABAP in SAP. Which is seen as a step forward, which it is architecturally, but not the point that you rightfully mentioned. On the other hand, all code is cyclical, if someone were to make it in Python, that would have to be rewritten, too. At least if you go the Free Software way, you're free to choose when.