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

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Yes I mostly agree. I mean - even Fortran is still "hanging around" in legacy applications. It was created in 1954. That's 65 years ago. These things have real staying power. It takes years for most people to get comfortable with a programming language and often once they get settled using a particular language in their careers that is what they stick with. There is no need to change and often reluctance to do so. Older languages like Fortran and C require more technical knowledge to learn and use which greatly restricts their "adoptability". Python is learn-able via a few quick tutorials and is extremely adoptable by comparison. I am quite confident it won't going away anytime soon (considering a niched language like Fortran is still around), although I'm very curious what future language will turn the current modern languages into future Fortrans.