I recently saw this (which goes into far more depth): http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2013/11/18/the-homogenization-of-scientific-computing-or-why-python-is-stea

I recently saw this (which goes into far more depth): http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2013/11/18/the-homogenization-of-scientific-computing-or-why-python-is-steadily-eating-other-languages-lunch/ http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2013/11/18/the-homogenization... Summary: "Constantly switching languages is a chore, and while Python isn't the best at everything, it's the best at some things and good enough at almost everything else."