Why isn't Python king of the hill?

[Helen Dawson]

I think debugger weakness is one problem. PythonWin seems to be
best of the bunch, and it's a pretty spiffy IDE, but has some serious
debugging weaknesses.

The interactive nature of Python makes a debugger less important,
but a good debugger is still a great thing to have.

The apparent inability to edit variables in PythonWin is my current
gripe, and the odd method of dealing with infinite loops in your
Python scripts is another. Both fixable, but not apparently a priority.

Mark H wrote:

> The more I use Python, the more I wonder why it hasn't taken the wind
> out of Java's sails?  Now, don't get me wrong, I love Java, but I have
> found I am at least twice as productive in Python than Java, and there
> seems to be very little if anything that you cannot do in Python or a
> Python extension.  Is it because Java has a few big companies behind
> it while Python doesn't?
>
> Just wondering.