The Python language is the Swiss knife of programmers. It is a programming language found in many applications and operating systems. We can find it running in servers, in iOS applications, in Android, but also in operating systems such as Linux, Windows or Mac.

This is due to the fact that Python has a philosophy that emphasizes offering a code-readable syntax.
Furthermore, Python is a versatile multi-platform and multi-paradigm programming language that stands out for its readable and clean code.

One of the reasons for its success is that it has an open source license that allows it to be used in any scenario. This makes it one of the languages that many programmers use in the early stages of their programming practice.

On top of that, programming in Python is taught in schools and universities around the world, and the largest companies use it. Google is one of them, as well as Facebook and YouTube, since it allows, among other things, the automation of processes and the execution of tasks in a client and server environment.
Python, thanks to being a cross-platform language, is suitable when you have to work with a large amount of data. In fact, it simplifies the extraction at the beginning, and also the processing at a later time. Several big data companies, therefore, decide to employ Python in their programming.

On a scientific level, then, it has a large library of resources that places particular emphasis on mathematics and can be used by aspiring programmers in specialized areas.
Apart from that, Python is also used for game production even though it is less efficient than Java or C #.

Python was born by chance in the early 90s. By chance because it was developed during a leisure moment by Guido Van Rossum, a Dutch engineer who at the time worked at the CWI in Amsterdam, the Dutch computer research center. The chosen name, Python, comes from the British comedy group Monty Python, of which the programmer was a great admirer.

Python is a simple and readable language that satisfies a set of rules that make learning its use very simple and short. In particular, if you already have some programming knowledge or are familiar with other languages such as Java, it will not be difficult to start reading and understanding the code developed in Python.

Learning Python and starting programming is quite simple, and with very few lines of code it is possible to program even very complex algorithms. Generally speaking, Python is a practical language that saves a lot of programming time.

In short, the main advantages of Python are:

- Simplicity and Speed: This language greatly simplifies programming and is a great scripting language.

- Elegance and flexibility: this language offers many possibilities to the programmer thanks to its easy readability and interpretability.

- Productive programming: It's simple to learn, with a moderate learning curve. It is very easy to start programming and it promotes productivity.

- Order and cleanliness: it is very readable and its forms are well organized.

- Portability: it is a portable language. Today, Python can be used on virtually any system.

- Community: it has a large number of users and this community actively participates in language development.

Python: a constantly evolving language

Python was first published 30 years ago and has evolved considerably since then. In the 1990s, version 0.9.0 was released on the alt.sources platform, which was very popular at the time by programmers.

In those days the internet was not widespread and the connection was established through a rudimentary telephone line. Version 0.9.0 already had some very advanced features and for this reason it attracted the attention of developers all over the world, who have guaranteed its evolution.

These developers, in the mid-90s, even formed a discussion forum, the well-known comp.lang.python, and this forum represented an engine for developing and perfecting this language.

Another evolutionary stage was marked with the entry of the new millennium: the developers changed the domain to BeOpen.com and formed BeOpen PythonLabs, while version 1.6 and version 2.0 were released almost simultaneously. After merging with Digital Creations, Python has undergone significant improvements and very innovative new versions have been created.