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2. History of Python - Wikipedia

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   The programming language Python was conceived in the late 1980s, [ 1 ] and its implementation was started in December 1989 [ 2 ] by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands as a successor to ABC capable of exception handling and interfacing with the Amoeba operating system. [ 3 ] Van Rossum is Python's principal author, and his continuing ...

3. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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   Python is a multi-paradigm programming language. Object-oriented programming and structured programming are fully supported, and many of their features support functional programming and aspect-oriented programming (including metaprogramming [ 70 ] and metaobjects). [ 71 ] Many other paradigms are supported via extensions, including design by ...

4. History of programming languages - Wikipedia

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   Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language (see Perl and Raku). Martin Odersky, creator of Scala, and previously a contributor to the design of Java. Martin Richards developed the BCPL programming language, forerunner of the B and C languages. Nathaniel Rochester, inventor of first assembler (IBM 701).

5. Guido van Rossum - Wikipedia

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   Guido van Rossum. Guido van Rossum (Dutch: [ˈɣidoː vɑn ˈrɔsʏm, -səm]; born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch programmer. He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018. [4][5] He remained a member of the Python Steering ...

6. Mark Pilgrim - Wikipedia

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   Mark Pilgrim is a software developer, writer, and advocate of free software. He authored a popular blog, and has written several books, including Dive into Python, a guide to the Python programming language published under the GNU Free Documentation License. Formerly an accessibility architect in the IBM Emerging Technologies Group, [2] he ...

7. Computer programming - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. [1][2] It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of procedures, by writing code in one or more programming languages. Programmers typically use high-level ...

8. History of free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   The history of free and open-source software begins at the advent of computer software in the early half of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, computer operating software and compilers were delivered as a part of hardware purchases without separate fees. At the time, source code —the human-readable form of software—was generally ...

9. The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons - Wikipedia

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   Followed by. Monty Python Live! The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons is the official autobiography of the Monty Python team, released in 2003. [1] It covers the whole of Python history, from their childhoods all the way through to the 30th anniversary celebrations in 1999. The book was edited by Bob McCabe from interviews held with John ...