Scikits are Python-based scientific toolboxes built around SciPy, the Python library for scientific computing. Scikit-learn is an open source project focused on machine learning: classification ...

As with all "classic algorithms," its output was deterministic: it produced the same result for the same input every time. It would always finish, and it always produced the optimal, correct result.

Putting this all together, rather than blame algorithms for our ills, it is important to recognize that it is not algorithms that are at fault, it is the way society has shaped and adapted technology.

Neither is perfect for every need, although Python is closer than Java to being a one-size-fits-all language. But I happen to be as big a fan of Java as I am of Python.