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Organizations Using Python (sector wise)

Web Development : Yahoo Maps, Yahoo Groups, Google, Zope Corporation, Ultraseek, Linux Weekly News, ElasticHosts Cloud Servers, Mojam.com, hunch, Shopzilla, Movieplayer.it, Multiplayer.it.

Games: Battlefield 2, Crystal Space, Star Trek Bridge Commander, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Civilization 4, QuArK (Quake Army Knife)

Graphics : Industrial Light & Magic, Walt Disney Feature Animation, HKS, Inc. (ABAQUS/CAE), RoboFog, Caligari Corporation, Blender 3D, Jasc Software, Paint Shop Pro.

Financial : Altis Investment Management, ABN AMRO Bank, Treasury Systems, Bellco Credit Union, Journyx Timesheet and Resource Management Software.

Science : National Weather Service, Radar Remote Sensing Group, Applied Maths, Biosoft, The National Research Council of Canada, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Theoretical Physics Division, AlphaGene, Inc., LLNL, NASA, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Objexx Engineering, Nmag Computational Micromagnetics

Electronic Design Automation: Ciranova, Productivity Design Tools, Object Domain, Pardus, Red Hat, SGI, Inc., MCI Worldcom, Nokia,

Education : University of California, Irvine, Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University, New Zealand Digital Library, IT Certification Exam preparation, SchoolTool,

Business Software : Raven Bear Systems Corporation, Thawte Consulting, Advanced Management Solutions Inc., IBM, Arakn E9, RealNetworks, dSPACE, Escom, The Tiny Company, Nexedi, Piensa Technologies - Bufete Consultor de Mexico, Nektra, WuBook.
Is Python a good language for beginning programmers?
Yes. It is still common to start students with a procedural and statically typed language such as Pascal, C, or a subset of C++ or Java. Students may be better served by learning Python as their first language. Python has a very simple and consistent syntax and a large standard library and, most importantly, using Python in a beginning programming course lets students concentrate on important programming skills such as problem decomposition and data type design. With Python, students can be quickly introduced to basic concepts such as loops and procedures. They can probably even work with user-defined objects in their very first course.

For a student who has never programmed before, using a statically typed language seems unnatural. It presents additional complexity that the student must master and slows the pace of the course. The students are trying to learn to think like a computer, decompose problems, design consistent interfaces, and encapsulate data. While learning to use a statically typed language is important in the long term, it is not necessarily the best topic to address in the students’ first programming course.

Many other aspects of Python make it a good first language. Like Java, Python has a large standard library so that students can be assigned programming projects very early in the course that do something. Assignments aren’t restricted to the standard four-function calculator and check balancing programs. By using the standard library, students can gain the satisfaction of working on realistic applications as they learn the fundamentals of programming. Using the standard library also teaches students about code reuse. Third-party modules such as PyGame are also helpful in extending the students’ reach.