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POWERFUL AND INTUITIVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Python is a free programming language that was developed by Python Software
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Together with JavaScript, Python is one of the most popular and
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Python was first conceived back in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum at Centrum
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Today, it's hailed as a high-level general-purpose programming language used in
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Despite the increasing number of programming languages and development platforms
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someone else's.

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scalability. It's ideal for beginners for its fast performance, ease of use, and
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It can also be used in various types of projects, and developers can choose
between object-oriented or procedural programming modes, along with support for
various data types.

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Python is a high-level language, abstracting many low-level details, which
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Overall, Python is among the best programming languages to learn and get you
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