# Python is eating the world: How one developer's side project became the hottest programming language on the planet | ZDNet

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/python-is-eating-the-world-how-one-developers-side-project-became-the-hottest-programming-language-on-the-planet/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Thorough read on the story behind Python, it’s introduction and rise in popularity. I don't do any professional coding, but I do goof around on things and I nearly always do that in Python.

> What Python offered, and still offers, is clear and unambiguous syntax, where indentations group code into blocks, making the code easier for developers to understand.

It is a joy to use and very readable.

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- [WT113: Weekly Thing #113 / Aug 17, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/113/), Notable Links 📌

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