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Depends on who you ask and to what lengths you're willing to go.


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exe3411/07/2024

"Python is used by Intel, IBM, NASA, Pixar, Netflix, Facebook, JP Morgan Chase, Spotify, and a number of other massive companies. It's one of the four main languages at Google, while Google's YouTube is largely written in Python. Same with Reddit, Pinterest, and Instagram"

"Python is used heavily in academic research, particularly in bioinformatics, biology, and mathematics. It is the standard introductory language for many university computer science programs."

https://brainstation.io/career-guides/who-uses-python-today

Misquotation alert: I'm not claiming python is perfect for everything. There are times it makes sense to use something else. Not-short-scripts isn't it.

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