In 1989, A gentleman by the name of Guido van Rossum was looking for a way to keep himself occupied over the Christmas holiday (xmas shopping wasn't enough hey?). He decided to write an interpreter for a new scripting language that had been swirling around his brain for a while. It is noted that Van Rossum named the programming language from being a big fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
In 1999, Van Rossum submitted a funding proposal to DARPA called "computer programming for everybody". In doing this he settled in and defined the goals of python as:
- easy and intuitive language that is powerful
- open source for everyone to contribute to its development
- code that is very understandable
- task oriented allowing for short development times
Today entities like Netflix, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Labs all use Python in some form.
What makes Python so amazing?
- Python features an easy-to-read syntax that is simple and concise.
- Python is popular among businesses because of its scalability; businesses using Python to build scalable applications can handle a large quantity of traffic with comfort.
- You can create web apps, gaming apps, enterprise apps machine learning, artificial intelligence among others.
What can we do?
In no certain order, here are a few things we can do in the real world of using python:
Web Development, Game Development, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Data Visualization, Automation and Robotics, CAD Applications, Business Applications and more.
So yeah, this language is awesome and actively being used in many different areas of business and technology. It's nice to get a brief history of where it all began and where it stands today. Because I for one would not want to learn something that is irrelevant. Python is anything but.
With such a colorful history and robust list of what it can be used for, it is no wonder why it is a top programming language in the world. The only thing left is to get to it and start learning these building blocks. Thank you all for taking the time to read.
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