[goohle]

... and used Python instead of a language with good compile-time safety enforcement, like Ada, because Python is easier to learn by noobs.

[donkarma]

if you read the story they picked Python because the sysadmins knew it and they had to know the language in order for them to maintain it

[goohle]

So, they picked Python because it is easy to learn by noobs. Yeah, this changes everything.