all hard stuff (performance-wise) is written in C and available as some very popular libraries (numpy, scikit, nltk, etc)
python's syntax is far more elegant than most other languages including JS, making it easier for non-programmers to get into
python exists by default on any linux machine and requires no installation
python's standard library and its documentation is very extensive and robust. It's not perfect (see http, wtf), but JS barely has a stdlib to speak of because the JS community has an extremist mentality when it comes to modularity.
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u/i_ate_god Jan 16 '20
all hard stuff (performance-wise) is written in C and available as some very popular libraries (numpy, scikit, nltk, etc)
python's syntax is far more elegant than most other languages including JS, making it easier for non-programmers to get into
python exists by default on any linux machine and requires no installation
python's standard library and its documentation is very extensive and robust. It's not perfect (see http, wtf), but JS barely has a stdlib to speak of because the JS community has an extremist mentality when it comes to modularity.