Python
General-purpose programming language
Also known as Python programming language · Python language · Python (language) · Python computer language · Python Programming Language · Python (scripting language)
- Developer
- Python Software Foundation
- , Guido van Rossum
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Sources- 1.“History and License - Python documentation”docs.python.org/3/license.htmlRetrieved 2016-08-19
- Founded
- February 20, 1991
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Sources- 1.“History and License - Python documentation”docs.python.org/3/license.htmlRetrieved 2016-08-19
- February 20, 1991
- Latest version
- 3.14.8
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Sources- 1.“Python 3.14.8”python.org/downloads/release/python-3148/Retrieved 2026-10-02
- , 2.7.6
- , 3.3.3
- +57 more
- 3.14.8
- Written in
- Python
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Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The python Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/python/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-07-19
- , C
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Sources- 1.Stated in GitHub“The Python Programming Language Source Code”github.com/python/cpython/search?l=cRetrieved 2019-02-03
- Python
- License
- Python Software Foundation License
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Sources- 1.“History and License - Python documentation”docs.python.org/3/license.html
- Python Software Foundation License
- Operating system
- Website
Overview
All data
476 statements · 76% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Named after
- Monty Python
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Sources- 1.“Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.)”python.org/doc/essays/foreword/Retrieved 2016-08-19
- Monty Python
- Influenced by
- ABC
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Sources- 1.“Why was Python created in the first place?”docs.python.org/faq/general.html#why-was-python-created-in-the-first-placeRetrieved 2017-03-22
- ALGOL 68
- Modula-3
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Sources- 1.“Classes The Python Tutorial”docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html
- C
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Sources- 1.“An Introduction to Python for UNIX/C Programmers”citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.38.2023
- C++
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Sources- 1.“Classes The Python Tutorial”docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html
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Sources- 1.“Functional Programming HOWTO”docs.python.org/howto/functional.html
- APL
- CLU
- Dylan
- Icon
- Standard ML
- ABC
- Hashtag
- Python
- Designed by
- Guido van Rossum
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Sources- 1.“History and License - Python documentation”docs.python.org/3/license.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-03
- Guido van Rossum
- Members / parts
- integrated development environment name: IDLE (Python GUI)
- Funder
- BeOpen.com(2000–2000)
- Usenet newsgroup
- comp.lang.python
- Uses
- C3 linearization
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Sources- 1.“The Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order”python.org/download/releases/2.3/mro/Retrieved 2026-09-19
- C3 linearization
On other databases
61 identifiers linking Python across the web's reference databases
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- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)2iaUU4
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