Appendix 1Just Enough Python
Welcome to Python! These days, Python is the language for machine learning. From the research labs to the biggest AI companies, Python snaked its way everywhere. (See what I did here?)
Python is a great language all around, but it fits ML particularly well—for two reasons. First, it comes with powerful numerical and scientific libraries. Second, Python is powerful, but also easy to approach. Many people in the ML community lack a background in programming, and would be intimidated by a less friendly language.
Don’t get me wrong: Python isn’t a toy language that you can learn in a day. It comes with sophisticated features that take time to learn and master. The examples in this book, however, avoid those features ...
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