Why Python Is The *Best* Programming Language So Far

Python was created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum as a strongly dynamically-typed, interpreted and object-oriented language with functional features. In its lifespan of over 30 years, it has become one of the most popular and influential programming languages. Before we begin, I want to say that I am not talking about performance and/or security. Python is notorious for being extremely slow. I rather want to discuss it from a more theoretical point of view — the syntax and the semantics. Note : If you already know that you need a fast and efficient application, just use C/C++ or Rust. If however, you already have a Python application that you want to optimize, that is absolutely no problem. Levels of Abstraction Assembly was the level before C. C was the level before Python. Python managed to take so many different features that were ahead of its time and put it into a beautiful syntax to create something that I would almost consider art. Just look at this function that swaps columns and