A readable, versatile language popular for data science, automation and backend services.
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What is Python
A readable, versatile language popular for data science, automation and backend services.
GitHub Linguist classifies Python as a programming language, typically using extensions such as .py, .cgi, .fcgi, .gyp, .gypi, .lmi.
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A readable, versatile language popular for data science, automation and backend services.
Common extensions include .py, .cgi, .fcgi, .gyp, .gypi.
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