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Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @06:26PM (#37314956)
> I think Python was popular as a general-purpose language first

What I understand is that Python was popular in the anglosphere as a general purpose language first, Ruby was somewhat popular in Japan earlier as a general purpose language but didn't become popular in the anglosphere until Rails, and even after becoming popular through Rails.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? by felipetrz on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @06:55PM (#37315241)
I was actually surprised when I found out they made a web framework in "the RPG Maker XP language".
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