Python programming language
Python
- Date
- 1991 · confidence high
- Place
- CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Credited to
- Guido van Rossum (CWI)
- People
- 👤 Guido van Rossum1956–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Interpreted language with readable syntax and batteries included. It became the language of data science and artificial intelligence (NumPy, PyTorch).
What it led to
- The democratisation of programming and education
- Data science and machine learning (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Task automation and web development (Django)
Built on
- C programming language1972
- ABC
- C language
- Modula-3
Made possible
- NumPy
- PyTorch
- Jupyter