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Hey, in this video I want to compare Python with other programming languages such as Java, C++, etc.

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So Python and these other programming languages are all high level programming languages.

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So let's look at an example here.

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We have two pieces of code, this one here and this one in here.

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They both do the same thing, but they are written in different languages.

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This one here, as you can tell, is in Python.

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So it's very concise.

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All we have to do is write the print function and then followed by the string in parentheses, and that

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will print out that text in the command line.

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Now, this code here does exactly the same thing, but this is written in Java.

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So as you can tell now, Java compared to Python is written in more lines of code.

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And actually, this is one of the main differences between Python and other programming languages.

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So Python is very concise and that has made it one of the best programming languages.

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Now you might say, well, does Java has have any advantages?

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Well, yes, it does.

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Generally, programs written in Java tends to run faster.

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However, nowadays with computers getting more and more powerful, that is becoming a difference, which

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is less important that than it was before.

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Now, another difference is that Java is a statically typed language and Python is a dynamically typed

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language.

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What that means is that a variable you declare in Java is associated with a type.

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For example, it's it could be associated with a type of string or an integer type, and you cannot

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change that during the course of the program.

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But in Python, once you you write a variable x is equal to one, you can reassign that variable.

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For example, in the next line you can say x is equal to how low the hello string.

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So you're changing the type of variables.

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And also another difference is that Python is an interpreter.

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Language and Java or C++ are compiler languages, which means that once you write Java codes, you first

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need to translate it into machine code using a compiler, and then that is run to give you the output.

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But Python is still run on the fly by the interpreter, and this is also related to the fact that compiled

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languages are faster, so Java tends to run faster compared to Python.

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However, Python is best used for web development and data science, and Java excels in things like

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graphical user interfaces on desktops or desktop apps or mobile apps.

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So Python is not so good in mobile apps or desktop apps.

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So if you after web development, data science automating things, then Python is the best way to go.

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So with that, I think I give you a general idea of where Python stands compared to other programming

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languages.

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So thanks for following.

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See you later.