Comment by tgv
4 years ago
I think teaching made Python what it is today. First, so many introductory courses have been using Python, and the more advanced courses (outside CS) followed. Second, I also think that there are (many) more people doing mundane stuff, like web development, than data science.
I think both of these things are a direct consequence of the natural-language-like syntax, libraries, and lack of boilerplate.