On: Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3....

[dilap]

I've very happily replaced Python with Go (backend online services, misc command line tools).

[goatlover → dilap]

And that's a good fit for Go, but Python is used for lots of other things.

[dilap → goatlover]

Oh for sure, which is why I specified.

Especially for numpy/matplotlib scientific stuff, I'd imagine Go would not be a suitable replacement (but maybe Julia would be).