We are in the process of working with folks on a more "pythonic" API. Our first goal was to get something that would be easy to use out the door then get feedback on ideas we have for something more idiomatic to the language. It's an approach we plan to take when we add support for other languages such as Go and JavaScript over the next few months.
We are looking for folks to help drive the next version of the API. The first one was done with feedback from a couple of clients who were interested in using Python and in many ways reflects their tastes. Feedback from a wider range of Python users is something we are actively soliciting at this point.
disclosure: I work at Wallaroo Labs, creators of Wallaroo.
I'm surprised you could even compare Python's current popularity (obviously due to machine learning libraries) with it's past popularity. Especially with all the comments you've been churning out on HN.
While Python found an extra niche with scientific libraries (and not just/especially machine learning) post numpy and co, it was already very popular then, taking the throne from Perl.
Ruby at the time (and until Rails) was seen as an interesting contester, but nobody doubted Python's top popularity as far as scripting goes.
P.S. What about "the comments I've been churning"? If you mean regarding P3 adoption, then we're still quite a long ways away. Not even 50% -- and well after 10+ years. But that's beside the point. That doesn't mean I don't like Python (including 3).
We are looking for folks to help drive the next version of the API. The first one was done with feedback from a couple of clients who were interested in using Python and in many ways reflects their tastes. Feedback from a wider range of Python users is something we are actively soliciting at this point.
disclosure: I work at Wallaroo Labs, creators of Wallaroo.