What is Python?
Python is a high-level interpreted, interactive object-oriented programming language. It was developed by Guido van Rossum. It can be used for:
- Web Programming
- Software Development
- Desktop Programming
- Numerical Programming
- Machine Learning
- Bioinformatics etc.
Why Python?
- Python has a simple syntax.
- The code of python is simple and short.
- Python can be used on different platforms.
- Python is an interpreted language.
History of Python
- Python was developed by Guido van Rossum at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands.
- It was first released in 1991.
- Python 2.0 was released on 16 October 2000.
- Python 3.0 was released on 3 December 2008.