You can use Ruby outside Rails, too, or Java outside of enterpricy applications. Last time i checked (few years ago) you could even use PHP for GTK desktop apps

You can use Ruby outside Rails, too, or Java outside of enterpricy applications. Last time i checked (few years ago) you could even use PHP for GTK desktop apps. You can write laggy mobile apps in pretty much every major language. My point is: Most successful languages have their point, why you use them. They are successful, because of their focus on not because they try to beat every other language imaginable. Python's use cases are already pretty diverse. So I have trouble to understand the constant fear Python could miss out on any platform or paradigm.