Python Introduction
Guido van Rossum
The designer of Python
Python is designed to be highly readable. It is derived from many other languages, including Modula-3, C, C++, Algol-68, Smalltalk, and UNIX shell and other scripting languages.
Python is copyrighted its source code is now available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
This tutorial is designed for programmers who need to learn the Python programming language from scratch.
To learn Python, you should have a basic knowledge of computer fundamentals. No programming skills are required to learn Python, however, if you have a basic understanding of any programming languages, that is an added advantage.
Python is the fastest-growing language in terms of the number of developers who are using it, in terms of libraries, in terms of the number of companies who are using it, and in terms of the areas you can implement it, like machine learning, AI, software development, web development, and many more. That's why it is called a general-purpose language.
Many popular websites use Python, like Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and many more that are using Python as a main or supported language. Reddit is written in Python.
The language is named Python, the reason behind it is the author is a big fan of the British comedy movie called Monty Python Flying Circus.
Some Python Version History
| Version | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Python 0.9.0 | February 1991 |
| Python 1.0 | January 1994 |
| Python 2.0 | October 2000 |
| Python 3.0 | December 2008 |
| Python 3.7 | May 2018 |
| Python 3.8 | October 2019 |
| Python 3.9 | October 2020 |
| Python 3.10 | October 2021 |
| Python 3.11 | October 2022 |
| Python 3.11 | October 2022 |
| Python 3.12 | October 2023 |
| Python 3.13 | October 2024 |
