All languages have life cycles. Hell, some even go dormant and become popular — or unexpectedly critical – again.

What would qualities would a language need to have to eventually threaten Python's dominance? My fear is any innovative ideas will just get absorbed. Yes, I realize much of #Python's muscle is marketing by big industry players.

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@profoundlynerdy being available where needed seems to do the trick.

Python is already available (even on micro-controllers), so what chance can any other language have! Not even JS.

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