Not to be a shill… but lots of commercial systems have run on python: inoxoft.com/…/top-23-applications-made-with-pytho…
Not just for data science, but in core services, including Dropbox, Instacart, Instagram, and Reddit. It’s pretty good at getting something up and running, and there are lots of published tricks for optimizing it so it scales.
piccolo@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Wait until you learn how much many Linux systems relies on python.
As for “enabling contributions from programmers of all skill levels and keeping server costs down”
Thats no issue so as long expert maintainers are code reviewing any pull request and not letting garbage commits in.