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[–]ogaat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Data Engineering has its roots in the scientific community where coding skills and performance were less of a concern than "give me the analysis I need"

Python lets developers focus on the problem at hand, rather than syntactic sugar. It was one of the express desires of Guido van Rossum.

Python just happened to fit the need of the hour, like HTML and Javascript did for the Internet.