"Some sceptics have published articles and blogs over the last
few years that have doubted the future of Python. However, Python
has been around since 1991 and the growth in popularity of this
stable and comprehensive high level programming language,
especially in the Linux user domain, would indicate that it is here
to stay.
"Python is an open source language which supports the main
programming models currently in vogue. A Python programmer can
produce code that could be classified object-oriented, imperative
or functional in design."