I was going to comment here that the answer didn&#x27;t actually answer the question. That is, it elaborated why Python is so slow, and how slowness can be a problem, and how other languages are faster, but it didn&#x27;t address the question of <i>why</i> Python is used <i>despite</i> it being so slow.<p>Turns out I had to restructure my response because the author already used what I believe is a British colloquialism to preemptively reject a challenge to the legitimacy of the answer, saying:<p>&gt; a self-proclaimed &#x27;Python fanboy&#x27; complained that I did not answer the question in this response.  I think I did, although it&#x27;s true that I would score nul points on the modern A-level style box-ticking approach to scoring exams.  Whether that is a negative thing depends on your perspective!