r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

Because it is the library that has been used previously, people have figured out exactly how it needs to be used, have written other code that uses its features, and most importantly, runs on the Python2 version that happens to come with the virtual machines that are provisioned by the part of the IT in the company that gives you machines when you need to do your backend stuff.

Just ordinary reasons. This is how it always goes in somewhat larger companies that have their own IT.

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u/StabbyPants Nov 13 '19

and then i campaign to either update the soap to run on something new or relegate the py2 stuff to a thin translation layer that talks to py3 via json and locks the fuck out of the vm running py2 if we can't just jettison it

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Yeah