Python

Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation. Python is dynamically type-checked and garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented and functional programming. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1991
Designed by: Python Software Foundation
Developed by: Python Software FoundationGuido van Rossum
Operating systems: cross-platform
Implemented in: CPython
Named after: Monty Python
Aliases: Python programming language, Python language, Python (language), Python computer language, Python Programming Language, Python (scripting language), Python (lang), Python (programming), Python (computer language), Python (software), Python (Programming Language), Python (computing), Python.org
File extensions: py, pyc, pyd, pyi, pyo, pyw, pyz

Wikidata: Q28865

Influenced: Apache GroovyBooChaosChinesePythonCobraCoffeeScriptConvergeCrystalDDragoneCF#GDScriptGenieGoHyIoJavaScriptJuliaKotlinMojoNimPascalABC.NETPowerShellRakuRingRPythonRubySuneidoSwiftVWhiley

Influenced by: ABCAPLCC++CLUDylanHaskellIconJavaLispModula-3PerlStandard ML

Programming paradigms: imperative programmingobject-oriented programmingmulti-paradigm programmingdynamic programmingfunctional programming

Language types: dynamic programming languageimperative programming languageoff-side rule languagescripting languagefunctional programming languagehigh-level programming languageobject-based languageinterpreted languagestrict programming languagemulti-paradigm programming language

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Hello World in Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
print("Hello World")

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