Python

Interpreted language designed for readable code, now the default tongue of data science, scripting and machine learning.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Guido van Rossum released the first version in 1991, naming it for Monty Python, not the snake.
• Indentation is syntax: block structure is the whitespace itself.
• Its scientific stack — NumPy, SciPy, pandas — made it the lingua franca of machine learning.