That doesn’t mean that it can’t be done — there is a Python package called Kivy for this purpose. But Python wasn’t made with mobile in mind.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

I will explain why I prefer Python. Python, like R, is an open-source language, so it is free for anyone to use. Unlike R, though, it is a fully fledged, general-purpose language and an integral ...