Introduction of Python
Python is a widely used general-purpose, high level programming language. It was created by Guido van Rossum in 1991 and further developed by the Python Software Foundation. It was designed with an emphasis on code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express their concepts in fewer lines of code.
Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more efficiently. it is used in almost every domain we can think of as mentioned below:
- Web Development
- Software Development
- Game Development
- AI & ML
- Data Analytics
History of Python
Python was made by Dutch programmer Guido Van Rossum in the late 1980s. At the time, he was working on a distributed system called Amoeba at CWI, a computer science research center in the Netherlands. C was the primary language he and the other researchers used.
Van Rossum felt that programming with C was **too time consuming*8. He began to create a new language in his free time that would let him work faster. Little did he know that this side project would eventually become one of the most popular, widespread programming languages in the world.
The appeal of Python has always been its simplicity and unique mixture of C with bash script capabilities. Van Rossum drew heavily on the ABC programming language but included tools for dynamic types and imperative programming as well.
"when Guido Van Rossum was creating Python, he was reading the script of a popular BBC comedy series called “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”. So he decided on the name Python for his new language because it was unique and mysterious".
Python began to slowly rise in popularity after its open-source release on alt.sources. By the 1990s, Python started to win out over other similar languages like Perl and Ruby due to support by tech companies NIST and Microsoft.
The primary benefits of any Python version are:
Readability, English-like syntax lets you parse meaning at a glance.
Interpreted Language, easier to debug.
Dynamically Typed, Python determines types at execution. No need to declare variables and data types.
Open-Source, Python is free to use and develops quickly due to community input. Overall, Python is designed to do more work on its own than most languages to allow the developer to focus on their work.
