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Same from Groovy!

I can understand why a lot of people start with Python. I can't work out why they stick with it once they become more advanced and understand its limitations though.

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I feel it really depends on one's background. I'm doing backend with Python now but came from academia where Matlab used to be the tool/language of choice. However, more and more academics got sick of working in that walled garden and paying oodles of money to use it and Python was a fantastic alternative to that.

I believe that if you're walking the line between software-development and data-science Python does an excellent job of bridging the two.

About 8 years ago, I moved on from Apache Groovy to Clojure which is far less verbose. Well placed macros in a testing script reduces a lot of clutter. Clojure has a longer ramp-up time than Groovy though, but once mastered is far more effective. I stayed with Clojure until I moved off the JVM about 5 years ago.

I am curious where you ended up? I have not found any substitute for the JVM for a flexible, rapid development yet high performance, stable and mature environment with a large base of library and deployment option support.

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