• Question: what is python and how do you use it

    Asked by keen519wren to Paul S, manuelalidiagrindei, Kirsty R, Jo, Edward on 14 Apr 2025.
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      Paul Stallard answered on 14 Apr 2025:

      Python is a popular programming language. We need programming languages to tell computers what we want them to do. There are other programming languages that you might have heard of like C++, Javascript, go, rust, and lots more. I’ve had to learn lots of programming languages throughout my career – the principles are the same so it’s quite easy to learn new ones. If you to start coding, it doesn’t really matter which language you start with – just have fun!

      As just one example, we use Python to build machine learning models that give personal content recommendations to our users (in a video streaming app).

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