And yet Python is eating the world: http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
Not that I'm implying that 'popularity' is a good measure of anything.
Not that I'm implying that 'popularity' is a good measure of anything.
Python is popular largely based on the fact that it's so approachable. It is the BASIC/ VB of modern times for whatever that is worth. It does scale up to larger projects and is frequently used for big scale stuff, but I suspect the fact that it's so ubiquitous has more to do with the fact that it's also easy to pick up and for companies to find people with Python dev skills (or train them up).