What Is Python?
Sloan Kelly · Apress eBooks · 2016
Python is a modern programming language that supports object-oriented, functional, and imperative programming styles. It is ideal for the beginner because of its readability and ease of use. Python is first and foremost a scripting language, but can be compiled into computer-readable binary. The upside to all of this is that you can write programs in less lines of code than an equivalent C/C++ or Java program.