Python
Programming language
Python is a high-level,
general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes
code readability with the use of significant indentation.
Python is dynamically typed and
garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including
structured (particularly procedural), object-oriented and functional
programming. It is often described as a "batteries included" language
due to its comprehensive standard library. Guido van Rossum began
working on Python in the late 1980s as a
successor to the ABC programming language and first released it in 1991
as Python 0.9.0. Python 2.0 was released
in 2000. Python 3.0, released in 2008, was a major revision not
completely backward-compatible with earlier versions.
Python 2.7.18, released in 2020, was the
last release of Python 2.
Python consistently ranks as one of
the most popular programming languages.