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Python is a widely used for general-purpose, high level programming language. It was created by the Guido van Rossum in 1991 and further developed by the Python Software Foundation. It was designed with an emphasis on code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express their concepts in fewer lines of code. Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more efficiently.

Python is HLL, interpreted, interactive programming language

Python supports OOPs Concepts.

Python is case sensitive language.

Python is loosely typed language.

Python is named after a TV show called ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’.

Python 3.0 was released in 2008.

An embedded scripting language

Used for developing web applications

Community based development by PSF

Major implementations are CPython, IronPython, JPython, PyPy

Python History

Designed By: GUIDO VAN ROSSUM

Developer: PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION

Conceived: LATE 1980s

Implementation Started: DEC 1989

First Appeared: 1991 (25 YEARS AGO)

File Extension: .py, .pyc, .pyd, .pyw, .pyz

Official Website: www.python.org

ABOUT THE AUTHOR / CREATOR

Name: GUIDO VON ROSSUM

Born: 31 JAN 1956

Nationality: DUTCH (NETHERLANDS)

Alma Mater: UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM

Occupation: COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND AUTHOR

Employer: GOOGLE (2005 – 2012) DROPBOX (2013 – Till Date )

Awards: ADVANCEMENT OF FREE SOFTWARES 2001) BENEVOLENT DICTA

WHY PYTHON?

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Easy to learn & easy to maintain.

Fast and efficient, portable, extendable.

GUI programming support with various database APIs.

Less development time than the other languages.

It rapidly iterate & invent.

Python has amazing libraries

Use for image processing, data analysis, to creating games, web applications & many more.

Largest year-on-year job demand.

Source code is available under GNU General Public License (GPL) like PERL language (Practical Extraction and report Language)