&gt; If Numpy, Pandas, etc. were wrappable from JavaScript<p>But they aren&#x27;t, of course.<p>For science, the fact that so many great libraries are available <i>and they all use Numpy arrays as base datatype</i> (from image processing to GIS to machine learning etc etc) is a real strength of Python and I doubt another lanuage is going to achieve that any time soon.