Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. You can find it used in many different types of problems. It is probably most popular in science, math, and system scripts – often replacing other scripting languages and tools.
This is in part because Python is very flexible and extensible. Meaning it can be added on to and external libraries can be loaded to allow it to do more than it’s base design.
Computer languages generally fall into one of two categories. Those which are compiled into code which can be directly run by the computer, or those which are interpreted at run time.
Interpreted code usually runs a little slower as it always goes through the real time conversion, but it has a few advantages including:
- Code is always accessible so it’s faster to make updates to
- Easier to run cross platform
Python is an interpreted, object oriented, language that is available on many platforms include many versions of Unix, Max OS, and Windows 2000 and later.
For examples of what Python has been used in, see this link: https://www.python.org/about/success/
Intro to Python was originally found on Access 2 Learn
