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Python is a popular programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1991. It is an interpreted, high-level and general-purpose language with an easy-to-read syntax. Python code can run on many different operating systems like Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is used widely for web development, scientific computing, and more.

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Python is a popular programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1991. It is an interpreted, high-level and general-purpose language with an easy-to-read syntax. Python code can run on many different operating systems like Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is used widely for web development, scientific computing, and more.

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Python

(programming
language)
general-purpose, high-level programming
language

Python is an open source programming


language that was made to be easy-to-
read and powerful. A Dutch
programmer named Guido van Rossum
made Python in 1991. He named it after
the television show Monty Python's Flying
Circus. Many Python examples and
tutorials include jokes from the show.
Python

Designed by Guido van Rossum

Developer Python Software


Foundation

Stable release 3.7.2 / 24 December


2018[1]
2.7.15 / 1 May 2018[2]

Typing discipline Duck, dynamic,


gradual (since 3.5),[3]
strong

Platform Any

OS Any

License Python License[4]


Filename extensions .py, .pyo, .pyc
Website https://www.python.org

Major implementations

CPython, IronPython, Jython, MicroPython,


Numba, PyPy, Stackless Python, CircuitPython

Dialects

Cython, RPython

Python is an interpreted language.


Interpreted languages do not need to be
compiled to run. A program called an
interpreter runs Python code on almost
any kind of computer. This means that a
programmer can change the code and
quickly see the results. This also means
Python is slower than a compiled
language like C, because it is not running
machine code directly.

Python is a good programming language


for beginners. It is a high-level language,
which means a programmer can focus on
what to do instead of how to do it. Writing
programs in Python takes less time than in
some other languages.

Python drew inspiration from other


programming languages like C, C++, Java,
Perl, and Lisp.

Python's developers strive to avoid


premature optimization. Additionally, they
reject patches to non-critical parts of the
CPython reference implementation that
would provide improvements on speed.
When speed is important, a Python
programmer can move time-critical
functions to extension modules written in
languages such as C or PyPy, a just-in-time
compiler. Cython is also available. It
translates a Python script into C and
makes direct C-level API calls into the
Python interpreter.

Keeping Python fun to use is an important


goal of Python’s developers. It reflects in
the language's name, a tribute to the
British comedy group Monty Python. On
occasions, they are playful approaches to
tutorials and reference materials, such as
referring to spam and eggs instead of the
standard foo and bar.

Python use
Python is used by hundreds of thousands
of programmers and is used in many
places. Sometimes only Python code is
used for a program, but most of the time it
is used to do simple jobs while another
programming language is used to do more
complicated tasks.

Its standard library is made up of many


functions that come with Python when it is
installed. On the Internet there are many
other libraries available that make it
possible for the Python language to do
more things. These libraries make it a
powerful language; it can do many
different things.

Some things that Python is often used for


are:

Web development
Scientific programming
Desktop GUIs applications
Network programming
Game programming.

Syntax
Python has a very easy-to-read syntax.
Some of Python's syntax comes from C,
because that is the language that Python
was written in. But Python uses
whitespace to delimit code: spaces or tabs
are used to organize code into groups.
This is different from C. In C, there is a
semicolon at the end of each line and curly
braces ({}) are used to group code. Using
whitespace to delimit code makes Python
a very easy-to-read language.

Statements and control flow …

Python's statements include:


The assignment statement, or the =
sign. In Python, the statement x = 2
means that the name x is bound to the
integer 2. Names can be rebound to
many different types in Python, which is
why Python is a dynamically typed
language.
The if statement, which runs a block of
code if certain conditions are met, along
with else and elif (a contraction of else if
from other programming languages).
The elif statement runs a block of code
if the previous conditions are not met,
but the conditions for the elif statement
are met. The else statement runs a
block of code if none of the previous
conditions are met.
The for statement, which iterates over
an iterable object such as a list and
binds each element of that object to a
variable to use in that block of code,
which creates a for loop.
The while statement, which runs a block
of code as long as certain conditions
are met, which creates a while loop.
The def statement, which defines a
function or method.
The pass statement, which means "do
nothing."
The class statement, which allows the
user to create their own type of objects
like what integers and strings are.
The import statement, which imports
Python files for use in the user's code.
The print statement, which outputs
various things to the console.

Expressions …

Python's expressions include some that


are similar to other programming
languages and others that are not.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and


division, represented by +, -. *, and /.
Exponents, represented by **.
To compare two values, Python uses ==.
Python uses the words "and", "or", and
"not" for its boolean expressions.

Example
This is a small example of a Python
program. It shows "Hello World!" on the
screen.

print("Hello World!")
print

# This code does the same


thing, only it is longer:

ready = True
if ready:
print("Hello World!")
print

Python also does something called


"dynamic variable assignment". This
means that when a number or word is
made in a program, the user does not have
to say what type it is. This makes it easier
to reuse variable names, making fast
changes simpler. An example of this is
shown below. This code will make both a
number and a word, and show them both,
using only one variable.

x = 1
print(x)
print
x = "Word"
print(x)
print

In a "statically typed" language like C, a


programmer would have to say whether
x was a number or a word before C
would let the programmer set up x , and
after that, C would not allow its type to
change from a number to a word.

References
1. Deily, Ned (24 December 2018).
"Python 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 are now
available" . Python Insider. The Python
Core Developers. Retrieved 24
December 2018.
2. Peterson, Benjamin (1 May 2018).
"Python 2.7.15 released" . Python
Insider. The Python Core Developers.
Retrieved 1 May 2018.
3. "PEP 483 -- The Theory of Type Hints" .
Python.org.
4. "Python legal statements" . Python
Software Foundation. Retrieved
January 28, 2012.

Other websites
Official website
Python tutorial
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