Just found this site, figured I'd browse around a bit and behold, a topic about my favorite programming language.
First off, Python is perfect for beginners. It gets rid of all of the nonsense and teaches simple structure, allowing the programmer to focus on just getting things done.
Second, saying Python being slow is not even completely true, not to mention that the amazingly fast speed doesn't even matter for most of the projects it's used for. I would like to introduce you to Cython, Jython, IronPython, PyPy, and even look up "optimizing Python code." Most of those options only offer speed as a side-bonus, with other intended features.
Not going to dive into why the language is great for so many things, though. Just DuckDuckGo it. EDIT: Check out "Why Python?", an old, but good, article.
(I would post links to relevant stuff but I'm not allowed -- shouldn't be hard to find any of it.)
23 Apr 2012, 7:19 pm
