Ever wondered why it's Python & why it's Pandas!

Ever wondered why it's Python & why it's Pandas!

Raheemuddin Ansari Raheemuddin Ansari

Raheemuddin Ansari

Growth Hacker . Data Scientist . (Leading life's around me to reach pinnacle of success, learning and growing all along)

Published Feb 12, 2024
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I was curious...here's why:

It has nothing to do with the snake you usually imagine. In December of 1989, when Van Rossum was implementing a new programming language, he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he decided to call the language Python - taken from his favorite BBC comedy series of 1970s- Monty Python's Flying Circus.

And the name 'Pandas' comes from the econometrics term 'panel data' describing data sets that include observations over multiple time periods.

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