in the beginning,<p><pre><code>   &gt;&gt;&gt; print &quot;hello world&quot;
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was the best marketing slogan for Python&#x27;s down to earth simplicity versus competitors that one could possible have devised. Not even any brackets!!<p>It defined the ethos of the language, was the first thing people came across when considering Python for the first time, and probably punched well above its weight in bringing people in.