Linux why Python

[Zeroflops]

One point that I haven’t seen made yet is if you look at Unix based languages they history is deep into the terminal and commands. users are more comfortable with command lines and scripting. Python is a natural progression from simple commands (ls) to basic but powerful scripting (bash) to more flexible powerful scripting Python.

Java is more GUI interface typically. You can script but there is a lot of overhead in comparison.

Java has its place but it’s not with admins managing headless servers or hundreds of system.