Python is a programming language that is rapidly growing in popularity. The number of users is large, although difficult to quantify; in fact, Python is currently the most tagged language on stackoverflow.com, a coding Q&A website with approximately 3 million questions a year. Some view this interest as hype, but there are many reasons to join the movement.

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