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LittlePeter on Aug 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Future of Notebooks: Lessons from JupyterCon

I was not able to find it. What I was able to find is this: "Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language." https://docs.python.org/3/faq/general.html#what-is-python

Yes some people do write scripts in Python. Does that make Python a scripting language? Maybe in your definition of scripting language.

PurpleRamen on Aug 27, 2018 [–]

A bit below your section you will find https://docs.python.org/3/faq/general.html#why-was-python-cr...

Notable part: [..]We needed a better way to do system administration[..]

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