What is Python

We know that there are many computer programming languages. Computer programming languages means it is coding languages like Java, C, C++, etc. Coding languages is communication between computers and us. Through coding, we give instructions to computers. While compare to other coding languages, Python is very easy to learn and understand. In this article, let us see about python programming.

What is Python Programming ? Python Programming is a high-level programming language. Compare to other coding, python coding can be an easily understandable language. Python is a general-purpose interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, and high-level programming language.

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Features of Python

• Easily we can learn python program. Python program is easy to readable. Python programs are written in simple English so, we can easily understand the python program.
• Python source code can be easy to maintain.
• Python interpreted the process at runtime. Python interpreted and converts the code into machine language. Python interpreted, interpreted the code line by line. So we can identify the error while writing the code.
• Python compiler which translates the given code into machine language. Python compiler reads the whole program and translates it into the machine language. If any error is found in the coding it will display an error message on the screen after compiling the whole program.
• We can embed python programs within their C, C++, Java Script, ActiveX, etc.
• Python is a free and open-source language. Anyone can freely distribute it. We can read the source code and we can edit it.
• Python language provides a better structure and supports large programs.

Python for Beginners

What is Python ? Python is a great language for beginners level programmers. Beginners can easily understand the python program and they can easily write the python program. Python also supports object-oriented programs. While compared with other programming languages, Python is the latest and easily understandable programming language.

History of Python

Who developed python ? Python was developed by Guido Van Rossum in 1980. The first version of python 0.9.0  was published in February 1991. Python was first named as " Monty Python" because Rossum is a big fan of Monty python's flying circus.

• Python version 1.0 was released on January 1994.
• Python version 2.0 was released on October 2000.
• Python version 3.0 was released on December 2008.
• Python version 3.5 was released on September 2015.

Application

• Bit Torrent file sharing
• Google search engine, YouTube
• Intel, Cisco, HP, IBM
• i-Robot
• NASA
• Facebook, Dropbox