Python

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Python is an object-oriented scripting language.
Some highlights are that it is:

• Object-oriented
  
  
• Interpreted
  
  
• Portable
  
  
• Open source / free

And it has:

• Dynamic data typing
  
  
• Automatic memory management
  
  
• Advanced data types ('bignums', strings, lists, dictionaries)
  
  
• A large standard library