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What is Python ?

print("Hello World !")

Python is a high-level programming language designed to be easy to read and simple to implement. It is open source, which means it is free to use, even for commercial applications.

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Python is considered a scripting language, is often used for creating Web applications and dynamic Web content.

What is Python used for ?

Python is a general purpose programming language. Hence, you can use the programming language for developing both desktop and web applications.

Also, you can use Python for developing complex scientific and numeric applications. Python is designed with features to facilitate data analysis and visualization.

Why python is so popular ?

First and foremost reason why Python is much popular because it is highly productive as compared to other programming languages like C++ and Java. ...

Python is also very famous for its simple programming syntax, code readability and English-like commands that make coding in Python lot easier and efficient.

How many versions of python ?

There were many versions of pythons since its release in 1991.The following python versions are major and notable minor releases .

Among the above releases python 2.7 and 3.X are stable versions .

Python VS other programming languages :

Hello world ! in python :

print("Hello world !")
Hello world ! in c++ :

int main() { cout<<"Hello World !"; return 0; }
Hello world in java :

class HelloWorld { public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println ("Hello World !"); } }

Difference between python 2. and python 3. :

Hello World in python 2. :

print "Hello World !"

Hello World in python 3. :

print("Hello World !")

Companies who used python :

Google :

began in january 1996 by larry page and sergey brin when they were both PhD student at Stanford university
Facebook :

Marck Zuckerberg, co-creator of Facebook . was founded in 2004

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