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Python (programming language)

This article is about the python programming language. For the animal, see Python (genus).

Python
ParadigmMulti-paradigm: object-oriented,[1] procedural (imperative), functional, structured, reflective
Designed byGuido van Rossum
DeveloperPython Software Foundation
First appeared20 February 1991 (1991-02-20)[2]
Stable release
3.13.0 Edit this on Wikidata / 7 October 2024 (7 October 2024)
Typing disciplineduck, dynamic, strong;[3] optional type annotations (since 3.5, but those hints are ignored, except with unofficial tools)[4]
OS
LicensePython Software Foundation License
Filename extensions.py, .pyw, .pyz,[10]
.pyi, .pyc, .pyd
Websitepython.org
Major implementations
CPython, PyPy, Stackless Python, MicroPython, CircuitPython, IronPython, Jython
Dialects
Cython, RPython, Starlark[11]
Influenced by
ABC,[12] Ada,[13] ALGOL 68,[14]
APL,[15] C,[16] C++,[17] CLU,[18] Dylan,[19]
Haskell,[20][15] Icon,[21] Lisp,[22]
Modula-3,[14][17] Perl,[23] Standard ML[15]
Influenced
Apache Groovy, Boo, Cobra, CoffeeScript,[24] D, F#, GDScript, Go, JavaScript,[25][26] Julia,[27] Mojo,[28] Nim, Ring,[29] Ruby,[30] Swift[31]

Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation.[32]

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.[33][34]

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.[35] 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.[36]

Python consistently ranks as one of the most popular programming languages, and has gained widespread use in the machine learning community.[37][38][39][40]

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