Agreed. Whilst we should aspire to language beauty, it's usually trumped by practicality. Python is massively practical:

- the easy on-ramp (often reads like English, indentation is something beginners can innately pick up)

- batteries included: with the rise in the internet+ the shift to packages, it's really about having enough places you can find workable solutions, and Python's dominance helps here

- integration with other languages has been a key part of Python since the beginning, so you are rarely held back

I guess it depends on the field you're working in. When manipulating strings, await db calls, sort arrays, JavaScript (TypeScript actually) feels very intuitive and concise. But going more low level I can see it breaking apart.

JavaScript is a better Python than Python. But then, Lua is a better JavaScript than JavaScript.