Of course, it’s technically possible to write functional/imperative code in Java, but Python lends itself better to this type of code.

Sensing the rise of Python’s popularity as a teaching aid, Guo surveyed introductory computer science courses at the top 39 U.S. universities, as ranked each year by U.S. News and World Report.

[Click on image for larger view.] Top Editors and IDEs Reported by Both Data Science and Web Developers (source: Python Software Foundation). As the TIOBE chart below shows, Python has climbed ...