Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!

Elizabeth Nicholson
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired in 1969, and it managed to capture the hearts, minds, and kidneys of millions with its surreal comedy and “observational sketches”.

Twenty-two years later, a brilliant young man by the name of Guido van Rossum created Python — a high-level programming language. Much like the show itself, Python is explicit, complex, simple, and beautiful. Python is an object-oriented programming language , and it supports functional programming (including the map(), reduce(), filter() functions). The most important aspect of Python is that it’s intended to be fun! It’s easy to read, and easy to learn since it has extensive documentation. It also takes after its predecessor, by providing tutorials with “spam and eggs” rather than the conventional “foo and bar”.

Elizabeth Nicholson

Written by

Welcome to a place where words matter. On Medium, smart voices and original ideas take center stage - with no ads in sight. Watch
Follow all the topics you care about, and we’ll deliver the best stories for you to your homepage and inbox. Explore
Get unlimited access to the best stories on Medium — and support writers while you’re at it. Just $5/month. Upgrade