[theVirginian]

There are excellent libraries for data analysis, I know some people who use it in finance. It's still widely used for web applications. There are new features for asynchronous programming. Not to mention it's used by tons of major companies. Linkedin, Reddit, Youtube, just to name a few all use Python.

[makaronin]

Of course some legacy software is still in use. But i'm in doubt that python can be a good choice for today's startups.

[dikaiosune]

Instead of a blanket criticism, perhaps you'd like to suggest some alternatives that:

- Have simple, pseudocode-ish syntax

- Are useful for exploratory programming with good speed of development

- Have a comparable amount of high quality libraries available along with tooling for their installation and management (standard and third part)

- Have large talent pools available with experience ranging from fresh graduates to grizzled veterans, and backgrounds ranging from science and statistics to journalism to finance

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