Technical Strength of Python

Some of the features which make Python so popular are as follows:

• It is a general purpose programming language which can be used for both scientific and non scientific programming.
• It is a platform independent programming language.
• It is a very simple high level language with vast library of add-on modules.
• It is excellent for beginners as the language is interpreted, hence gives immediate results.
• The programs written in Python are easily readable and understandable.
• It is suitable as an extension language for customizable applications.
• It is easy to learn and use.

The language is used by companies in real revenue generating products, such as:

• In operations of Google search engine, youtube, etc.
• Bit Torrent peer to peer file sharing is written using Python
• Intel, Cisco, HP, IBM, etc use Python for hardware testing.
• Maya provides a Python scripting API
• i–Robot uses Python to develop commercial Robot.
• NASA and others use Python for their scientific programming task.