Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively.

Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines.

Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its OSI-approved open source license. Python is a remarkably

powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains.

Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, Scheme or Java.

Python is used from simple scripting to Ship Building. ython has been widely adopted and to mention a few big names are Google and ABN Amro Bank * ( A non-exhaustive list can be seen here )