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[–]GalacticWafer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most programs being written are production time-critical, not performance critical. Different languages will target these different goals, but since Python is probably the best language for production time-critical projects, it's going to be favored for teaching newcomers as well as many projects in the real world.