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Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com)

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[–] ultimate_worrier@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Dynamic type systems are meant for beginner/toy languages. Hacks that don't care about understanding their own code tend to use Python. Their code is often riddled with bugs that they are none-the-wiser about.

If you write your code in Python, you might as well admit that you don't care to understand what your code is actually doing.