The blog gives a few vague answers, none of which shed any light on how Python became so popular. If I had to guess, much of it’s popularity came from being embraced as a data analytics tool – which is honestly a great use case for an interpreted scripting language – and its subsequent adoption by academia, introducing it to an entire generation of CS grads.
Python has advantages and drawbacks like any programming language.
It’s not my favorite language and it’s not my least favorite. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
The blog gives a few vague answers, none of which shed any light on how Python became so popular. If I had to guess, much of it’s popularity came from being embraced as a data analytics tool – which is honestly a great use case for an interpreted scripting language – and its subsequent adoption by academia, introducing it to an entire generation of CS grads.
Python has advantages and drawbacks like any programming language. It’s not my favorite language and it’s not my least favorite. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon.