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History of Python Programming Language
In this blog, we will discuss the history of Python programming language. In the previous
blog, we talked about the features, popularity, and application areas of Python. In this blog,
we will cover the following:
Who created Python?
Why was Python created?
What is the motto behind designing Python?
The history and evolution of Python
Python was created by Guido van Rossum, a Dutch programmer, during his Christmas
holidays in 1989. At that time, he was working on a project called Ameba, a distributed
operating system at CWI Centrum Viscandi and Informatica Center. He had prior
experience in designing a programming language from his work on the ABC programming
language in the early 1980s.
Guido van Rossum designed Python as a successor to the ABC programming language,
taking some features from it and fixing its flaws. He also added new features to the
language. The name Python came from his love for a British TV series called Monty Python’s
Flying Circus. The first version of Python, 0.9.0, was released in 1991, with the official
version, 1.0, released in the same year.
Python was an open-source project from the start, with a primary discussion forum formed
in 1994. The language has evolved over the years, with the latest version being 3.10,
released in 2021. The support for version 2.x was ended on January 1, 2020, and the future
releases include version 3.11 in 2022 and version 3.12 in 2023.
In the Next Blog, we will download Python and its IDE and start using them.
Don’t Forgot to take a notes.
By:
Arjun Samiraj
History of Python Programming Language
In this blog, we will discuss the history of Python programming language. In the previous
blog, we talked about the features, popularity, and application areas of Python. In this blog,
we will cover the following:
Who created Python?
Why was Python created?
What is the motto behind designing Python?
The history and evolution of Python
Python was created by Guido van Rossum, a Dutch programmer, during his Christmas
holidays in 1989. At that time, he was working on a project called Ameba, a distributed
operating system at CWI Centrum Viscandi and Informatica Center. He had prior
experience in designing a programming language from his work on the ABC programming
language in the early 1980s.
Guido van Rossum designed Python as a successor to the ABC programming language,
taking some features from it and fixing its flaws. He also added new features to the
language. The name Python came from his love for a British TV series called Monty Python’s
Flying Circus. The first version of Python, 0.9.0, was released in 1991, with the official
version, 1.0, released in the same year.
Python was an open-source project from the start, with a primary discussion forum formed
in 1994. The language has evolved over the years, with the latest version being 3.10,
released in 2021. The support for version 2.x was ended on January 1, 2020, and the future
releases include version 3.11 in 2022 and version 3.12 in 2023.
In the Next Blog, we will download Python and its IDE and start using them.
Don’t Forgot to take a notes.
By:
Arjun Samiraj
