Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language that is widely used for web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and scientific computing. It was first released in 1991 by Guido van Rossum and is now maintained by the Python Software Foundation.
Python’s design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in languages such as C++ or Java. It provides constructs that enable clear programming on both small and large scales.
“Python has a large standard library, which includes modules for networking, regular expressions, subprocesses, multiprocessing, email, XML, and many other tasks. It also has an extensive third-party ecosystem, with packages available for scientific computing, web development, data analysis, machine learning, and more. Python is used by many organizations, including Google, NASA, CERN, and Dropbox.”
Syntax:
The syntax of Python is designed to be clear and concise:
print('Hello, world!')Python uses indentation to indicate blocks of code instead of the traditional braces used in other programming languages.
Important Features:
Paradigm: Multi-paradigm; functional, imperative, object-oriented
Family: General-purpose language
First Appeared: 1991
Typing Discipline: Dynamic, strong
License: Python Software Foundation License
Filename Extensions: .py
Terms:
Interpreted language: “Is a type of programming language for which most of its implementations execute instructions directly and freely, without previously compiling a program into machine-language instructions.”