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Language Fundamentals

Python, created by Guido Van Rossum in the late 1980s and released in 1991, was designed as an extensible interpreted language for the Amoeba operating system. Named after 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', it has evolved through various versions, with key features including simplicity, portability, and a large standard library. Python is widely used for web applications, scientific computing, and as an educational tool for teaching programming.

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Language Fundamentals

Python, created by Guido Van Rossum in the late 1980s and released in 1991, was designed as an extensible interpreted language for the Amoeba operating system. Named after 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', it has evolved through various versions, with key features including simplicity, portability, and a large standard library. Python is widely used for web applications, scientific computing, and as an educational tool for teaching programming.

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Introduction to Python

Programming
History Of Python
• Python is a fairly old language created by Guido Van
Rossum.

• The design began in the late 1980s

• The first release was on February 1991.


Python’s Benevolent Dictator For Life
“Python is an experiment in how
much freedom programmers need.
Too much freedom and nobody can
read another's code. Too little and
expressiveness is endangered.”
- Guido van Rossum
Why Python was created?
• In late 1980s, Guido Van Rossum was working on the Amoeba
distributed operating system group.

• He wanted to use an interpreted language like ABC (ABC has


simple easy-to-understand syntax) that could access the
Amoeba system calls.

• So, he decided to create a language that was extensible. This


led to design of a new language which was later named
Python.
Why the name Python?
• It wasn't named after a dangerous snake.

• Rossum was fan of a comedy series from late seventies.

• The name "Python" was adopted from the same series "Monty
Python's Flying Circus".
Release Dates of Different Versions
VERSIONS RELEASE DATES
Python 1.0 (first standard
Jan 1994
release)
Sep 5, 2000
Python 1.6 (Last minor version)
Python 2.0 (Introduced list
Oct 16,2000
comprehensions) Python 2.7
July 3, 2010
(Last minor version)
Python 3.0 (Emphasis on
removing duplicative constructs Dec 3, 2008
and module) Sep 13, 2015
Python 3.5 (Last updated version)
Features of Python Programming
• A simple language which is easier to learn
• Free and open-source
• Portability
• Extensible and Embeddable
• A high-level, interpreted language
• Large standard libraries to solve common tasks
• Object-oriented
Applications
• Web Applications
• Scientific and Numeric Computing
• Creating software Prototypes
• Good Language to Teach Programming
Install and Run Python In Windows
1. Go to Download Python page on the official site and click Download
Python 3.6.0 (You may see different version name).

2. When the download is completed, double-click the file and follow the
instructions to install it. When Python is installed, a program called IDLE is
also installed along with it. It provides graphical user interface to work with
Python.

3. Open IDLE, copy the following code below and press enter.
print ("Hello, World!")
Install and Run Python In Windows
5. To create a file in IDLE, go to File > New Window (Shortcut: Ctrl+N).

6. Write Python code (you can copy the code below for now) and save
(Shortcut: Ctrl+S) with .py file extension like: hello.py or your-
firstprogram.py
print ("Hello, World!")

7. Go to Run > Run module (Shortcut: F5) and you can see the output.
Congratulations, you've successfully run your first Python program.
Output:
Hello, World!

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