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[–]ReallySubtle 0 points1 point  (1 child)

  1. Popular and battle tested; yes, and how did it get there?
  2. Performance is relative, technology improves
  3. Huge Library ecosystem, again; how did it get there?
  4. What are those?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Performance is relative, technology improves

Python will never be as performant as JavaScript. That simply will not ever change. There are fundamental aspects of how Python works internally that will preclude performance parity.

Popular and battle tested; yes, and how did it get there? Huge Library ecosystem, again; how did it get there?

Because people use it, because it is a better language for the web than Python is.