Python Introduction



Guido van rossumIntroduction to Python

  • Python is a general purpose programming language.
  • It is high level and object oriented programming language.
  • It was created by Guido van Rossum during 1985 - 1990.
  • Python 3.0 was released in 2008. Although this version is supposed to be backward incompatibles, later on many of its important features have been backported to be compatible with version 2.7
Features of Python Programming
  • Python is free and open source programming language. The software can be downloaded and used freely
  • It high level programming language.
  • It is simple and easy to learn.
  • It is portable. That means python programs can be executed on various platforms without altering them
  • The Python programs do not require compilation, rather they are interpreted. Internally, Python converts the source code into an intermediate form called bytecodes and then translates this into the native language of your computer and then runs it.
  • It is an object oriented programming language.
  • It can be embedded within your C or C++ programs.
  • It is rich set of functionality available in its huge standard library.
  • Python has a powerful set of built-in data types and easy-to-use control constructs.


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