Why you should use Python for machine learning

What is it about Python--the language, the ecosystem, the development processes around them--that has made it into such a favorite for data science? Python has long enjoyed growing popularity in many areas of software development--scripting and process automation, web development, general applications. More recently it has become a leading language in machine learning. In this article we'll look at the four major reasons why Python has become a juggernaut in that field. The first major reason is of a piece with why Python has become a general success story: the language makes things simple and keeps them simple.