Why is Python growing so fast?

Question

The growth of Python over last 5-6 years has amazed me. Here is a link where you can see it's exponential growth outsmarting other languages.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/09/06/incredible-growth-python/

In early days the first language I learned was BASIC. Then C, C++, FORTRAN, JAVA etc. But now for my research work I write every code in Python.

Is there anyone else feeling the same?
What do you think about the growth of Python?

Answer 1

1. fast
its no need to compile the code when you need to test it.

2.easy
its as easy like you talk in english. (at least almost)

3.powerful

can you imagine it a easy and fast programming language that can control hardware? not a surprise python used by google, nasa, disney. so great!