> popularity of Python has as much, if not a lot more, to do with the available libraries and frameworks as the language itself > What seems to have bootstrapp

> popularity of Python has as much, if not a lot more, to do with the available libraries and frameworks as the language itself > What seems to have bootstrapped the success of Python for ML and scientific use was early adoption by people in these communities who were not hard core programmers What if these people (non-hard-core programmers) were attracted to the language itself because it is almost pseudo-like? So it becomes a gift that keeps on giving. Attract domain experts and you get more batteries attached for your project. > hard core programmers What if these people are 'hard-core' in their specific domain, but not 'hard-core' in whatever hardware architecture carries the day due to historical mishaps and marketing trends of the day?