Python has been one of the premier, flexible, and powerful open-source language that is easy to learn, easy to use, and has powerful libraries for data manipulation and analysis. It’s easy to learn simple syntax is very accessible to new programmers and is similar to Matlab, C/C++, Java, or Visual Basic. Python is general purpose and comparatively easy to learn with an increased adoption for analytical and quantitative computing. For over a decade, Python has been used in scientific computing and highly quantitative domains such as finance, oil and gas, physics, and signal processing.
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