Python is an Open source, Free, High-level, Dynamic, and Interpreted programming language. Python was released in December 1989 by Guido van Rossum.
Features of Python
Readable: Syntax is similar to English and so the language is readable.
Easy to learn: Python is expressive language and thus it is easy to learn.
Cross-Platform: Python can run on different operating systems such as Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.
Open Source: This is an open-source language.
Large Standard library: Python has a very big library of pre-defined functions.
Free: Python is freely available to use over your applications.
Supports Exception Handling: Python has an advanced feature of exception handling.
Advanced Features: Python supports many advanced features.
Automatic Memory Management: Python supports this feature which automatically allocates and free the memory whenever used.
Applications of Python
Web Development
Game Development
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science and Data Visualization
Desktop GUI
Web Scraping
Business Applications
Audio and Video Applications
CAD Applications, etc.
Companies using Python
Instagram
Spotify
Amazon
Google
Netflix
Dropbox
Implementations
We have many implementations of python programming in different languages. Some are:
Jython
PyPy
IronPython
Stackless Python
MicroPython