Hey John! Yes, you're accurate here in how I interpreted your work on extensions in the Python language. Let me know if that is in error, would love to hear an alternative opinion to Julia's growth and status. My subjective take has been that the initial excitement of Julia has waned a bit (a shame, it's a good language) and that it's not seeing strong adoption.
EDIT: That said, I just looked up the TIOBE index and it appears to be growing. My subjective take is likely in error here!