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There are many reasons to rely on python, speed is not one of them. You may still have speed when using python if you do it correctly, but this is more or less despite using python not because of it.

One reason for python in my eyes is maintainability: Well written python code can be easily understood and nearly as easily modified. Well written python code becomes close to what pseudo code would look like.

This is the reason python's weird jungle of dependency managment tools is so out of place for the language: It is a maintenance nightmare. I would describe myself as someone who is very able to deal with those problems, yet they are such an utter waste of time and energy.