3.2.3. Python

• Python is an interpreted language, that competes for the same niche as Perl and has similar capabilities.
• However, it has a completely different philosophy with different syntax and conventions.
• It has a "There's one way to do it" Philosophy which enables people to understand and modify each other's code. (contrast to Perl's "There's more than one way to do it.")
• Uses whitespace for indentation, which makes embedding it inside text templates more difficult.
• Somewhat slower than Perl in most cases, but still quite fast enough for most needs.

Written by Shlomi Fish