Productivity is the main driving force of Python. You can prototype almost any type of app in it very quickly, with lots of libraries in the ecosystem to make

Productivity is the main driving force of Python. You can prototype almost any type of app in it very quickly, with lots of libraries in the ecosystem to make use of, and it will have decent performance. If you need blazing speed you can write faster extensions in C. And it plays friendly across platforms, for the most part. People hate the white space but it enforces readable and maintainable code which plays into making teams productive.