Python is one of the most commonly used programming languages in the field. According to Van Rossum this is because “Python is remarkably free from many of the hang-ups of conventional programming languages. This is perhaps due to my choice of examples: besides ABC, my main influence was Modula-3.” When compared to C or any other language, Python is much easier to use because it is so free of hang ups and the coding is so much shorter than any other language allows. Python uses indentation or “white
Sanner, M.F. (1999). Python: a programming language for software integration and development. J Mol Graph Model, 17(1), 57-61. Van Rossum, G. (1999). Computer programming for everybody. Proposal to the corporation for national research initiatives. Van Rossum, G. (n.d.). Guido van Rossum, a brief bio. Retrieved November 15, 2013 from www.python.org/~guido/bio.html Zilgen, D. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2013 from http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/beginner/programming.html
Python, a high level language developed by Guido van Rossum, is known for its easy readability. The core philosophies of the language are simple - simplicity over complexity; beauty over ugliness, explicit over implicit and other similar aphorisms. The most important philosophy of the language is "Readability Counts", which means that the syntaxes and codes written using Python are clear and neat. The programming language has a huge library that supports programmers. Python also has an open source
“Open source as a development model promotes: a) Universal access via free license to a products design or blueprint, and b) universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by anyone” (Gerber, Molefe, and van der Merwe 2010) In the past fifteen years, the principles ‘Open Source’ have exploded into the software industry. (Open Source Initiative 2012; Weber 2004) Open software now rivals the market share and quality of closed, commercial products. (Spinellis
experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little, and expressiveness is endangered.” These were the words of Guido Van Rossum ( the Creator of Python) when The idea of Python was conceived in the 1980s of the 20th century and brought to life in the 90s. Guido Van Rossum was wanting to make a change in the way computer programming was at the time, Naming the Program after Monty Python, a comedy group that performed in the late 1960s and early