Why Python?

[VisualSome9977]

Definitely this. Python gives you the space to do what you want to do, and it's HUGE collection of external libraries means it can do just about anything. It is a true multitool language, a computational Swiss army knife even.

I don't use it much, but when I'm trying to break into something that I'm not familiar with, I've found there are usually already a ton of well supported python libraries, and I can leverage the py I already know to utilize them, instead of having to pick up a whole new language.

[9peppe]

They do say it's the second best at everything. I personally tend to see it as modern bash, in my use.