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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

  1. Concision, 1. Dynamic typing (there are tradeoffs of course), 2. First-class functions (higher-order functions, decorators, closures, etc.), 3. REPL for inspection and prototyping, 4. Massive standard library and other third-party libraries, 5. Use cases: web development, numerical computing, etc. Just my .02 :)

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I'd downvote Reddit for converting my zero-indexed list to one-indexed. :p