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HISTORY OF PYTHON IN DECEMBER 1989, GUIDO VAN ROSSUM WAS SEARCHING FOR A HOBBY PROJECT TO KEEP HIM OCCUPIED AROUND CHRISTMAS WEEK. SINCE HE HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING TO WRITE A NEW SCRIPTING LANGUAGE DESCENDED FROM ABC, THAT WOULD ALSO APPEAL TO UNIX/C HACKERS, HE ENDED UP WRITING AN INTERPRETER FOR IT. BEING A BIG FAN OF THE BRITISH COMEDY TROUPE MONTY PYTHON, HE CHOSE TO CALL THE PROJECT ‘PYTHON’ IN AN IRREVERENT MOOD. TODAY, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY-USED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD. THE LIST OF TOP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES BY THE IEEE SPECTRUM HAS IT AT #1 AND THE TIOBE INDEX HAS IT AT #3. IT IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS AND IT’S A VERY POPULAR LANGUAGE.
PYTHON APPLICATIONS PYTHON IS EVERYWHERE. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO WITH IT. LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE IT FINDS USE. SCRIPTING – PYTHON IS GREAT FOR SERVER-SIDE AND OTHER SCRIPTING DATA SCIENCE MACHINE LEARNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GUI AND GAME DEVELOPMENT WEB DEVELOPMENT COMPUTER VISION (CV)/ IMAGE MANIPULATION ROBOTICS WEB SCRAPING NETWORK PROGRAMMING NUMERIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
WHY LEARN PYTHON? Yes, Python is easy to learn. But why should you learn it? Let’s find out. Python is the preferred language for Data Science and Machine Learning. They are the future and provide well-paying and stable jobs. Python is fun. Jobs in Python pays well and jobs will be stable in the future.
RUNNING PYTHON Python ships with an in-built interpreter (IDLE) that you can also use as a calculator. You can use an IDE too like PyCharm or the Jupyter Lab. Python files may have different extensions: .py – Python file .pyc – Compiled bytecode .pyd – Windows DLL file .pyo – File created with optimizations .pyw – Script for Windows .pyz – Script archive
SUMMARY Let’s conclude this Python Tutorial with a quick revision. We have discussed what is Python and how it came into existence. Further, we also learned about its features and the reasons behind why one should learn Python. We have also explored how Python is implemented and how it runs. I hope now you are clear with the basics of Python from our article.