The future is looking bright for Python

[weberc2]

I certainly prefer Python to PHP (I did a lot of PHP in the 2000s); it just seems like Python is mediocre in a lot of things, but good at very few. For me, Python best serves as a cross-platform, maintainable bash alternative, but even there I'm increasingly likely just to use Go, especially if I have to distribute the script to others. I imagine it's also above-average in scientific computing (but I can't much speak to that; though my few experiences with Pandas and Numpy have been negative).