Github user randerzander commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-metron/pull/338
@ottobackwards , Python's standard libraries are useful by themselves.
Since first tasks with Metron seem often related to ingesting a new source,
Python lowers the barrier to entry over Java or Grok parsers.
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