Python is a general-purpose high-level open source programming language. It was created by Guido van Rossum and was first released in 1991. Python is now managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation. Python has become very popular due to its simple programming style and minimalist syntaxes.
Python code is not compiled to produce a binary; rather it is interpreted to produce executable instructions at the runtime. Python interpreters are available for many operating systems, allowing Python code to run on a wide variety of systems.
Some of the features of Python include:
- It is an interpreted language.
- Supports both procedural as well as object-oriented programming styles.
- Provides wide array of operators, keywords and predefined functions.
- Runs across multiple operating systems and architectures.
- Supports functional as well as aspect oriented programming that includes metaprogramming and metaobjects.
- Provides programming constructs as loops, functions, etc.
- Provides function rich standard library.
- Allows dynamic name resolution and garbage collection.
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