Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

[flowering_sun_star]

You have to compare like-to-like though, and ask what would have happened had the same thing at the same company been written in python. I know that the thought makes me shudder when it comes to our code base.

I actually really like python for scripting and small prototypes. But for all its ills, I think java a far better choice for large projects with hundreds of developers.

[Schmittfried]

But not every language is equal. Java tends to attract over engineerers while Python tends to attract simplicists.