PYTHON ONLY HAS ONE REAL COMPETITOR

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Python is the leader in data science, a position solidified by its straightforward native code interop that helped create essential libraries like NumPy and Pandas, alongside its general-purpose utility for deploying models and other applications. While specialized languages like R and MATLAB exist, they don't have Python's versatility, struggling to compete as end-to-end solutions. Clojure is Python's only genuine competitor, especially as it runs on the Java Virtual Machine, which overcomes Python's inherent performance limitations.