> Meanwhile, there are many other languages which are not only performant, but which are rapidly encroaching on Python's historically unique(ish) "easiness"
What are those languages? I may have a blindspot, but the languages that get enough buzz for me to notice are either not competing with Python in important dimensions (e.g. Rust) or have a narrower focus (e.g. Julia). Elixir maybe? JavaScript and its derivatives? But these lack the scientific programming ecosystem that's helped drive Python recently.
I have no doubt that languages exist that might fit the bill of being both as easy as and more performant than Python -- there are a lot of languages out there. But I'm unaware of any whose mindshare has been sufficiently growing that it threatens Python in the mid-term.
If I'm off base please let me know. I'd love to find a viable competitor to Python that's strictly better than it.
What are those languages? I may have a blindspot, but the languages that get enough buzz for me to notice are either not competing with Python in important dimensions (e.g. Rust) or have a narrower focus (e.g. Julia). Elixir maybe? JavaScript and its derivatives? But these lack the scientific programming ecosystem that's helped drive Python recently.
I have no doubt that languages exist that might fit the bill of being both as easy as and more performant than Python -- there are a lot of languages out there. But I'm unaware of any whose mindshare has been sufficiently growing that it threatens Python in the mid-term.
If I'm off base please let me know. I'd love to find a viable competitor to Python that's strictly better than it.