Yes I agree that Python success most probably due to its productory of its peudocode-like syntax that makes building libraries more attractive. In addition to

Yes I agree that Python success most probably due to its productory of its peudocode-like syntax that makes building libraries more attractive. In addition to Nim, D programming is also Phytonic due to its GC by default approach and it is a very attractive Fortran alternative for HPC, numerical computation, bit twiddling, etc. D support for C is excellent and the latest D compiler can compile C codes natively, and it is in GCC eco-system similar to Fortran. Heck, D native numerical library GLAS is already faster than OpenBLAS and Eigen seven years ago [1]. In term of compilation speed D is second to none [2]. [1] Numeric age for D: Mir GLAS is faster than OpenBLAS and Eigen: http://blog.mir.dlang.io/glas/benchmark/openblas/2016/09/23/glas-gemm-benchmark.html http://blog.mir.dlang.io/glas/benchmark/openblas/2016/09/23/... [2]C++ Compilation Speed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1617133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1617133