Python Programming Language

Python was created by Guido Van Rossum when he was working at CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) which is a National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in Netherlands. The language was released in I991. Python got its name from a BBC comedy series from seventies- “Monty Python‟s Flying Circus”. Python can be used to follow both Procedural approach and Object Oriented approachof programming. It is free to use.

Python is a widely used general-purpose, high level programming language. It was initially designed by Guido van Rossum in 1991 and developed by Python Software Foundation. It was mainly developed for emphasis on code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code.

Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more efficiently.

Some of the features which make Python so popular are as follows:

• It is a general purpose programming language which can be used for both scientific and non scientific programming.
• It is a platform independent programming language.
• It is a very simple high level language with vast library of add-on modules.
• It is excellent for beginners as the language is interpreted, hence gives immediate results.
• The programs written in Python are easily readable and understandable.
• It is suitable as an extension language for customizable applications.
• It is easy to learn and use.

The language is used by companies in real revenue generating products, such as:

• In operations of Google search engine, youtube, etc.
• Bit Torrent peer to peer file sharing is written using Python
• Intel, Cisco, HP, IBM, etc use Python for hardware testing.
• Maya provides a Python scripting API
• i–Robot uses Python to develop commercial Robot.
• NASA and others use Python for their scientific programming task.