Python

A few of the Python developers were working on an OpenGL Python library so you could do graphics. That enabled me to do a lot of experimenting in the mid '90s.

Larry Cuba, Larry Cuba on Choreographing Form

For me, Dan Shiffman's book and the accessibility of Python ML tools made coding a lot more accessible. It went from something you learned in your computer science course to something you can play with yourself, make something cool and be experimental with.

Jen Lowe, Jen Lowe and Patricio González Vivo on Democratizing Knowledge