Python

since 1991 (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1994)

Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python aims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of indentation for block delimiters is unusual among popular programming languages.

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mikl - 8 years

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nrb - 5 years

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Kami - 5 years

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vonpetrushev - 5 years

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bkad - 5 years

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cpharmston - 5 years

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branesks - 4 years

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dmnd - 4 years

seanbrant - 2 years

moriogawa - 4 years

alecperkins - 4 years

mcaulay - 3 years

ranman - 3 years

CrociDB - 3 years

jonnyboris - 3 years

hoffmanc - 3 years

Rgoodermote - 3 years

natevw - 3 years

supakoo - 3 years

CaptainSay - 3 years

dekz - 3 years

andresfortinero - 2 years

williamcomartin - 1 years

osiixy - 2 years

fdrake

1994–

Made my career on this, still running strong!

morgs

1995–

Introduced to Python by a friend at varsity - 1.2 I think it was. Still my favourite language.

r1chardj0n3s

1995–

Python 1.2 and I was hooked.

mrtrosen

1996–

Most amazing programming language, ever! I was introduced to python in college working on mobile robotics

1996–

After prolonged exposure to Perl I had to choose between losing my mind or finding better tools. Python was like anti-cthulhu.

zephyrfalcon

1996–

dabeaz

1996–

First discovered Python after reading about it Computers in Physics. Developed the Python Swig module. My language of choice these days--not surprising since I also wrote a book about it.

adamv

1996–

Hit the tail end of 1.4. 1.5.2 is still the best version ever released.

vangale

1996–

First used 1.3 embedded into a C program so I wouldn't have to use InstallShield. Used along with C 2000-2005 but now it's my primary language.

Uche

1996–

edd

1997–

Stumbled into it writing result maps for the UK general election

doughellmann

1997–

dfan

1997–

It's not the perfect language, but it's the closest thing to executable pseudocode I've ever seen.

hexdump42

1997–

jtauber

1998–

Has been my language of choice since I first learnt it.

jorjun

1998–

This is probably the least nerdy language out there at the moment. Was great to meet Scientists, and other non-tech-heads at the Euro conference 2009.

jacobian

1998–

jjames

1998–

Originally learned out of curiosity arising out the Perl community's slights and jabs, Python currently dominates my software output.

sblom

1998–

First program: a web site to automatically preside over a game of "Assassins" that my friends and I played at my University campus.

chl

1999–

Wrote the first version of Vanilla in Python. Then ignored it for more than 5 years, only to rediscover it in 2005. Favourite ever since.

1999–

1999–2000

1999–

1999–

Love it.

tlesher

1999–

Topmost tool in my toolbox nowadays.

jkocherhans

2000–

I think Zope 2.1 or 2.2 is what got me into Python. I abused the hell out of list comprehensions in TTW Python scripts before I started figuring out the boilerplate-y world of filesystem development.

brettsky

2000–

Started participating on python-dev in 2002. Became core developer in 2003.

sli

2000–

luchak

2000–

Sitwon

2000–

The magazines/website I was reading kept proclaiming it as the next big thing. It certainly seemed easier than C.

reinout

2000–

Main language of choice.

jbeigel

2000–

twhitton

2000–

I've written a lot of code in Python. It's a very solid language, but I have a hard time getting excited about it. I'm really not sure why, but I have a hard time trusting languages with broken lambdas.

acdha

2000–

My first experience was extending a horrible time-keeping system; it got better. Now delighted to be working full time using Python.

noah

2000–

enki

2000–

mpirnat

2000–

As near as I can tell, my soul mate.

xyb

2000–

davew

2001–

Love it for readability and development speed

vitaliyf

2001–

danceswithvowels

2001–

The language of choice for scripting anything needing database access and anything with any kind of structure, which is to say whatever is too much for bash (or perl if serious regexes are needed).

ian

2001–

Learned Python in College. Took a hiatus to program in Java and came back to it about a year and a half ago.

otherchirps

2001–

wilane

2001–

Give it a shot and enjoy

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2001–

Started learning python after reading Eric Raymond's book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". Still my favourite language.

bittercoder

2001–

I had a love affair with Python while being an ASP classic developer (because ASP classic was terrible!). But after the release of .Net I really neglected the language. After the releae of IronPython 1.0 I started learning/adopting python again, as it was a script language we embedded into a number of products. Since then I have sporadically used it, I still think python code is some of the most pleasant to read (significant whitespace, list comprehensions etc.).

RCARDENES

2001–

Has become my main language since I was told to use it on the company I was employed at the time.

whosaysni

2001–

Switched from Perl when my notebook was crashed and all my Perl scripts gone away

fuzzyman

2002–

vvarp

2002–

carljm

2002–

My preferred language. Beautiful, easy-to-read code. Learned it from Mark Pilgrim's "Dive into Python" online book while bored with PHP consulting gig.

lukeman

2002–

It takes the semi out of semicolon.

tpherndon

2002–

I learned Java, and wished I hadn't. I immediately sought a less verbose, more productive language, and found it in Python. It took a while, but I'm now programming professionally. Yes, in Python.

davidpaccoud

2002–

Love at first sight. I use it at work since 2004. I need really good reasons to use another language on my projects.

nullomodo

2002–

Used since Computing at School - including Django

undoingemptyvoid

2002

Simply used it to port some of NEHE's C tutorials to Python. Will use it again - its on the list.

ironfroggy

2002–

lambacck

2002–

bcowcher

2002–

Initially I used it to implement a scripting engine in my games. Nowadays I use it to bash out small pieces of code and do some small web dev/side projects.

robhudson

2002–

Took a beginning Python class at my local community college, along with some friends from the local Linux User Group. It was my toy language for awhile. Then when Django hit 0.95 I started using it full-time, moving away from PHP.

brucehoult

2002–

Mostly just tweaking existing programs e.g. SCONS. I prefer Perl for quick&dirty, Dylan for real programs.

ghoseb

2002–

Josh

2002–

Discovered Python in college; now I use it every day at work.

2002–

saw a very early prototype when i went to visit moskvax!kremvax!chernenko

brunomlopes

2002–

patricktaylor

2002–

Brief flirtation with Zope then mostly abandoned until 2007 when I discovered Django!

james

2002–

ndw

2002–

lethain

2003–

Django, scripts at work, scripts at home, text processing, etc

duke_sam

2003–

Was introduced to Java in college and immediately hated the feeling of trying to run in treacle. Went looking for an alternative and found Perl and Python, decided to choose the less worn path and picked Python, haven't looked back since.

takitimu

2003–

Core scripting language in Brainstorm 3D software & learnt it as part of working with Brainstorm

claytron

2003–

I was introduced to Python while working with Zope and initially CMF. Zope, CMF and Plone have basically taught me how to code. To answer your next question, yes my mind is forever warped.

michaelmelanson

2003–

mfandreas

2003–

language of choice!

ashugg

2003–

Seems I came in kinda late.

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2004–

My most favourite language so far. The clear, concise, explicit nature of the language is amazing.

liza

2004–

♥

nathans

2004–

I decided to try Python after reading ESR's "How to Become a Hacker."

stringfellow

2004–

import WIN

bitprophet

2004–

Introduced to it by a maverick professor at my Java-using university -- in my last semester. What a lucky break! Have been using it professionally ever since.

eykd

2004–

gabrielrios

2004–

Love at first sight. First Language, introduced me into the programming world and makes me love it

marcelor

2004–

Bash and Perl were causing me severe brain damage, the med told me to switch to Python. Never looked back and it is my language of choice since then.

boutell

2004–2005

A mass-tagging tool for LiveJournal posts. And, interestingly, embedded scripts for manipulating Windows Group Policy. But we wound up replacing the latter with VBScript. Yeah yeah familiar tools on the platform yeah yeah

Swizec

2004–

smalltobi

2004–

Used it for a variety of different scripts... I love it!

jdunck

2004–

When I found Dive Into Python, I read it over a single weekend. I started using it for any non-production work, and started daydreaming about a job using it. Simon told me they were trying to open Django, and I started poking at Ruby On Rails as a proxy. (I'd seen a demo of Django's pre-release admin in March 2004 and was sold.) Meanwhile, I cared about journalism, and had been following this interesting Dallas blog: http://blog.pegasusnews.com/2005/04/pleased_to_meet.html It turned out they were the first licensee of Ellington (the Django CMS) and I hit it off with Mike, one of the founders.

ShawnMilo

2004–

I don't remember how I heard of Python or why I first started using it. I do know that it was my very next language after Perl, and that after using it, I started to think Perl was ugly and difficult. Immediately Python seemed easy, and made sense to me. It "fits my brain," as others have said. At present, I write Python code for my day job, and I feel like I'm getting away with something.

passy

2004–

My all-time favorite

whaley

2004–

The light turned on after I got my first job and decided I didn't like working on anything MS related. Python remains my favorite language so far.

mallipeddi

2004–

My defacto programming language. Also do a lot of Django web development.

Indy

2004–

The first language I tried to teach myself. It is the one of my choice until today. I love its simplicity, clarity and power.

audreyr

2004–

I use this whenever I can.

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2005–

My language of choice. Love it!

stephen_mcd

2005–

By far the best of all languages I've learnt

LorenDavie

2005–

My main language of choice.

shywolf9982

2005–

I originally started using it to replace a set of utterly complex bash scripts. It grew to become my main language

honzakral

2005–

Currently my primary language

mikl

2005–

My all-time favourite programming language.

jefftriplett

2005–

pydanny

2005–

jeffself

2005–

My favorite language. Only wish I could use it at work.

zeroaltitude

2005–

Python is a great combination of simple and powerful. The best thing I can say about it is that when you think you have a mental picture of how something should work, it almost always works precisely that way in Python. It's a programmer's programming language.

kcunning

2005–

danielroseman

2005–

drakkos

2005–2006

Experimentation only

bkmontgomery

2005–

Originally wrote some small toy command-line networking utilities, just to get a feel for the language. Then, I started using python for Image processing in 2008 (with PIL and OpenCV) and then started building web apps with Django in 2009. It is now my language of choice.

jackboot7

2005–

Started to use it in my Distributed Object course in college.

alexdong

2005–

Never look back since I adopt Python as my main language.

skyl

2005–

Started with math and some SAGE and then some Django beginning in the summer of 2008.

jamesotron

2005

Python and I spent a little time together, but we knew we weren't right for each other.

nowells

2005–

Starting working with Python through Django

shiny

2005–

eMBee

2005–

learned from a book, didn't seriously use it until 2008 at work, now use it on and off to hack stuff others have written

2005–2010

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My language of choice.

adamcik

2006–

Used now and then in parallell with Perl, but really warmed to Python after finding Django :)

empty

2006–

My language of choice currently

jezdez

2006–

bkonkle

2006–

I started using Python to for scripts and mini wxPython apps in Ubuntu. I loved it from the beginning, and I continue to use it now with Django.

kratorius

2006–

newmaniese

2006–

Started with Django, now my language of choice.

lvshankar

2006–

I often wondered why this wasn't the first language I learnt

CerealBoy

2006–

erincarter

2006–

The language that made me learn to love programming again.

eculver

2006–

ericflo

2006–

Saw Jacob-Kaplan Moss's presentation to Google about Django, and that tempted me to try the language. Now it's my favorite language!

fogus

2006–

sjaekel

2006–

szilveszter

2006–

First project: Bazaar GTK plugins as part of Google Summer of Code 2006.

Chirs

2006–

ssbr

2006–

benjaminws

2006–

My precious!!

iamteem

2006–

I <3 python. I started programming in Python with a desktop app using wxPython + PIL + SWIG back in 2006. Now I'm enjoying Python in web development.

pandres

2006–2010

Web services, Plone, SMS handling, Django.

amackera

2006–

Started reading Dive Into Python on a train-ride home from Ottawa one day.

jmillikin

2006–

Simple and utilitarian, its straightforward design and well-tended development have yielded a quality language. Performance is very poor, but this can be solved via occasional use of C extension modules. An all-around good choice for most purposes.

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Python has always struck me as an awkward language. Not *bad* like PHP, but it definitely left me with the feeling that it was less elegant than it could be. Some of the changes in CPython 3 seem to confirm some of my concerns.

richleland

2006–

givas

2006–

edv4rd0

2006–

Started teaching it to myself slowly. Then actually learned it in course in 2008. Still use it.

jcarbaugh

2006–

Started using Python and never looked back. My day job is primarily Django development.

tartley

2006–

gklein

2006–

louisr

2006–

love

jeremybowers

2006–

Django, too.

jeffszusz

2006–

Favorite language since I first learned 2.4 from an Apress book.

gridaphobe

2006–

mattimck

2007–

Learned Python on the job, whilst working on an aging Zope shopping cart system called BizarShop.

fourplusone

2007–

brutasse

2007–

Not planning to stop using it anytime soon.

asksol

2007–

cpt_ahag

2007–

Had to learn it for a project and don't regret it!

zellyn

2007–

This is the language I use at work every day.

sbastn

2007–

Started with very small home projects but when Google App Engine launched in 2009, I took a deep dive in it and never looked back. My favorite language right now

alex

2007–

I think it was love at first sight.

davisagli

2007–

Learned it by osmosis from Plone and Zope work on the job. Now my default language. Pros: readability, maintainability, the community, Guido's time machine. Cons: the GIL.

andrew

2007–

Learned python because of Django

joshontheweb

2007–

My favorite programming language by far. I use it mostly in conjunction with Django.

binarydud

2007–

tswicegood

2007–

Started learning it when I started using the Grinder. Learned very quickly that not all Jython versions were created equal.

justinlilly

2007–

streetcleaner

2007–

My favorite language.

pmclanahan

2007–

Best language I've ever used. Use it for everything at work and home and couldn't be happier.

joe

2007–

trey

2007–

gnat

2007–

I know enough to be dangerous, but not well enough to cast out my reference books.

zmanian

2007–

Numpy, GTK, matplotlib

orestis

2007–

beshrkayali

2007–

Python came to my scene! The real deal! Learned it because it was the first language I found on my Ubuntu.

bhaugen

2007–

Learned Python to learn Django to learn Pinax.

myles

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defrex

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johnthedebs

2007–

Introduced to the language while an undergrad & fell in love. It's been my main language since.

Raisapius

2007–

One of my favorites. When I started learning this, my skills began to fluorish, and because of that, I've written some of my best programs in this.

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In my final year of Uni, we weren't taught a new language, so I picked up Python (via Django). It's now my language of choice for writing websites.

cpharmston

2008–

My one, true love.

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The best programming language. Ever.

matteo

2008–

ptone

2008–

Python fit like a glove and allowed me to consolidate tasks into one language from several and replaced: PHP (web), Perl (Text manipulation), Bash (sysadmin tasks), AppleScript (automation)

gsiegman

2008–

Best decision I've ever made professionally was to migrate our company from a VB shop to a Python

sebleier

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ntoll

2008–

Have never looked back! ;-)

newman

2008–

Most fun ever!

rilt

2008–

I love the syntax, it is just so amazing. Also, the standard library makes using this language so simple.

rizumu

2008–

Finally a language that inspired me to dig deep. Too far gone, no way back.

frankwiles

2008–

GordyBrow

2008–

I started using Python when I started working with Django. From my experience so far it's a well thought out, clean language. It's top of my list of languages to learn in greater depth.

threefjefff

2008–

Dabbled in over summer, continue to build on my knowledge/write the odd script.

isardana

2008–

Learnt it out of necessity for some vacation work. Never went too deep into it, just did enough to deal with existing APIs for 3D graphics.

donnex

2008–

soryu2

2008–

Don’t like e.g. global functions instead of OOP and the mandatory spacing stuff is just weird. Ruby is much nicer.

b3ng0

2008–

Like psudeocode

mwarkentin

2008–

Started using Python when I learned Django to build a website for a family business.

Bryan

2008–

"My First Programming Language™" would have to be this one. I got into it solely because of Django, but its style fits my obsessive compulsive perfectionist nature perfectly. I can confidently say that I understand what goes in when looking at a Python script.

bibhas

2008–

I mostly use it to write apps that run on Google App Engine. Great language for prototyping.

sanchom

2008–

Switched quickly from MATLAB for all of my research script-level code, and eventually also for more speed critical code through the use of numpy and cython. Once it hits your lips... it's soo good.

fisadev

2008–

One of my favorites, from simple scripts to web sites and complex server apps.

Maradatscha

2008–

alexsuraci

2008

A nice language, but I rarely use it. Only major project I used it for was the RO server, and I eventually switched it to Haskell. And then to Erlang. I like Ruby's wacky flexibility and cuteness better for when I need a scripting language.

aaront

2008–

Hooked.

aquilax

2008–

Some sites with Google app engine.

cloudssanswater

2008–

stevejohnson

2008–

I think in Python.

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Went through Dive Into Python. This is where I really learned about regular expressions.

gnubardt

2008–

DataShed

2008–

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! I love python it is amazing!!!!!!!!

bkad

2008–

Started using at my internship at VoiceBox doing an application on Google App Engine and fell in love

floyd

2008–

rocks.

banterability

2008–

adambrenecki

2008–

The language I swear by for most things these days.

durden

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nrb

2008–

I first started using Python in a college security course where we had to implement DES in any language we wanted. Fell in love with it and got my first "real" programming job using Python, with a focus on web tech.

vonpetrushev

2008–

Converted many to this. Everyone likes it.

pydroid

2009–

My first language, and still remains my favorite.

brixtonasias

2009–

Love the simplicity. Got to know Python due to finding Django. Lot's of fun. No end in sight so far! ;-)

pax

2009–

mccolgan

2009–

Just hacking around

westonruter

2009–

Started working with Python and Django for the Open Scriptures project. Trying to repent of PHP, but reform of Perl.

seanbrant

2009–2010

alecperkins

2009–

Started using in 2009 for Django and some Maya scripting and fell in love. Recently using it for scripting in Rhino3D as well.

chrisbrett665

2009–

sdhamilton

2009–

Learned for my Honours Project, enjoy it's dynamically typed ways. Using Django primarily, but am also starting to use it as a replacement for those little scripts everyone with a linux server has.

ch0llima

2009–

Never used it before, until I used Django for the Secure E-Commerce assignment. It was quite nice, might keep on using it.

akgerber

2009–

for kicks!

dan

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dmnd

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jasonb

2009

like ruby

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Go Python.

Shane

2009–

The best language I've come across. Hopefully will be using Py / Django for everything soon.

branesks

2009–

thaostra

2009

Used it for a bit. I thought it was a breath of fresh air compared to TI-BASIC, mostly because I was actually coding at my computer rather than busily tapping away on my calculator. However, I never liked its reliance on indentation.

brousch

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Python FTW!

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