I will provide you with a question and a paragraph of text that may or may not contain the answer to the given question. Your task is to try to locate the answer to the question within the provided text. If the answer cannot be found, you should respond with "NO". If the answer can be found, you should respond with "YES". Please note that your response can only be either "YES" or "NO".
The question is “Why was the Python programming language originally created?”
The paragraph of text is “Python was created by NAME_1 and first published in 1991. NAME_1 created Python as a hobby project to create a scripting language that is easy to learn and use, yet powerful and expressive. He wanted to create a language with a clean and simple syntax while still allowing developers to create complex applications. The name "Python" was chosen by the British comedy group, NAME_2, of which NAME_3 was a fan. Over the years, Python has become one of the world's most popular programming languages ​​and is used for a wide variety of applications, from web development to scientific computing and machine learning. “