Why People Should Learn Python
Is it just my feeling or are there languages which are preferred on HN?<p>Indicators for languages which are liked by the HN community:<p>- Positive stories get many upvotes and are instantly at the top of HN<p>- Most comments are positive<p>- Frequent coverage on HN about the language<p>Indicators for languages which are not liked by the HN community:<p>- Rants get many upvotes and are instantly at the top of HN<p>- Most comments are negative about the language<p>- Rare coverage on HN<p>Applying those indicators, following languages should have these like-levels (on a range from 1 to 5):<p><pre><code>  Python  *****
  Go      ****
  Node.js *
  C#/.NET ***
  Java    ***
  RoR     **
  Ruby    ***
  Elixir  ***
  Haskell ****
  Closure ***
  C       ****
  Rust    *****
  C++     ***
  PHP     *
  Swift   ****
  </code></pre>
This is just my feeling, happy to hear your perception. And this does not reflect my opinion about those languages in any way.