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Python ProgrammingYour Step-By-Step Guide to Learning Python Programming - 1th(First) Edition - 2019Python has become one of the most interesting programming languages of our time.It was conceived by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands during the late 1980's.What is peculiar about its creation is that this revolutionary program came to life out of asimple "hobby"; quoting Van Rossum. In fact, the latter intended to start this programmingproject with the sole purpose of entertainment and killing some time during the Christmasweek of December 1989.What is mostly amazing about this story is that he created it using solely hiscomputer. His office was closed, and all he had was this simple machine and his brilliantmind. Thus, the first version of this program first appeared in 1991, that is 25 years ago.Python was ironically named after the famous British sketch comedy series "MontyPython's Flying Circus" as the founding father was a big fan. During the following year, the language got adopted by the team of the Amoeba project, while Guido pursued itsdevelopment mainly in his spare time.In February 1991, the first public version of Python, numbered 0.9.07, was posted onthe Usenet alt. sources forum. In 1995, Van Rossum continued his work on Python atCNRI in Reston, United States, where he released several versions of the software.Whereas Python 0.6 would be the last version on Grail (an extensible Internet browserwritten in Python.).Nevertheless, it does not stop here. As a matter of fact, Python continues to impresswith its continuous development and progress. The development team moved to PythonBeOpen.com in 2000. And that is where Python 2.0 was released.However, it did not stop there. Python succeeded in releasing the new major version, Python 3.0, which was out in December 2008. Soon enough, this version was rapidlyfollowed by a 3.1 version fixing the mistakes of the previous.What is Python Mainly Used For?Python is designed mainly to maximize the programmer's productivity by providinghigh-level tools and a simple syntax. It is with no doubt, a necessity for those who want toget into programming. It is considered a good language for beginners, if not the best. Thisis due to its great and strong static type system that a lot of programmers usually preferover other type systems. It helps you avoid making mistakes while coding. With Its strictstatic types, you are indeed less likely to confuse the variables.Python can also be used for scripting prototypes and web projects. It can as wellwrite command line applications. It is indeed one of the few languages that embed oneapplication in another. Actually, python gets used on different web servers handling web-hosting throughout its numerous modules. Nonetheless, it serves as a mediator betweenyou and your computer, throughout facilitating the communication and allowing you togive orders! It could also be described as a translator, where you can interact with yourcomputer using your pc's own languag
