Hello, this may be a naive question, but why is Python so popular among data scientists, and why is it so heavily utilized for machine learning? I was under the impression that compiled languages such as C would be better choices for such task, as their faster runtimes would facilitate quicker data analysis. I understand that many python libraries were written in C, as to negate the issue; so then is the preference for Python solely due to its simple syntax, or is there another reason?