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1. ted_dunning ◴[] No.44685889[source]
The last sentence was the key:

    And why Python, then? Well, said Sussman, it probably just had a library already implemented for the robotics interface, that was all.
That is the essence of Python's strength ... the eco-system. And the comment about engineering becoming the art of trying to reason about half-documented toys from the huge grab bag of packages is exactly on point relative to the risk and challenge of this transition.