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I am a web developer and usually use PHP, JavaScript or MySQL.
I have heard lot about Python. But I have no idea where it is used and why it is used.
Just like PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, .NET are used to build websites, and
C, C++, Java are used to build software or desktop apps.
Where does Python fit in this?
What can Python do that these other languages cannot do?
Python started as a scripting language for Linux like Perl but less cryptic. Now it is used for both web and desktop applications and is available on Windows too. Desktop GUI APIs like GTK have their Python implementations and Python based web frameworks like Django are preferred by many over PHP et al. for web applications.
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