Python (programming language)

Paradigm(s)	Multi-paradigm: object-oriented,procedural (imperative), functional, structured, reflective
Appeared in	20 February 1991; 33 years ago (1991-02-20)
Designed by	Guido van Rossum
Developer	Python Software Foundation
Typing discipline	Duck, dynamic, strong typing;gradual (since 3.5, but ignored in CPython)
Major implementations	CPython, PyPy, Stackless Python, MicroPython, CircuitPython, IronPython, Jython
Dialects	Cython, RPython, Starlark
Influenced by	ABC,Ada,ALGOL 68,APL,C,C++,CLU,Dylan,Haskell,Icon,Java,Lisp,Modula-3,Perl, Standard ML
Influenced	Apache Groovy, Boo, Cobra, CoffeeScript,D, F#, Genie,Go, JavaScript,Julia,Nim, Ring,Ruby,Swift,[25]V (Vlang)[26]
OS	Windows, Linux/UNIX, macOS and more[27]
License	Python Software Foundation License
Usual filename extensions	.py, .pyi, .pyc, .pyd, .pyo (prior to 3.5),[28] .pyw, .pyz (since 3.5)[29]
Website	www.python.org
Python Programming at Wikibooks

Python is a programming language. It was made to be open source and easy to read. A Dutch programmer named Guido van Rossum made Python in 1991. He named it after the television program Monty Python's Flying Circus. Many Python examples and tutorials include jokes from the show.^[30]