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Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation.cite-ref-autont-7-36-0[34]

Python is dynamically type-checked and garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured (particularly procedural), object-oriented and functional programming.

Guido van Rossum began working on Python in the late 1980s as a successor to the ABC programming language, and he first released it in 1991 as Python 0.9.0.cite-ref-37[35] Python 2.0 was released in 2000. Python 3.0, released in 2008, was a major revision not completely backward-compatible with earlier versions. Python 2.7.18, released in 2020, was the last release of Python 2.cite-ref-38[36]

Python consistently ranks as one of the most popular programming languages, and it has gained widespread use in the machine learning community.cite-ref-39[37]cite-ref-40[38]cite-ref-tiobecurrent-41-0[39]cite-ref-42[40] It is widely taught as an introductory programming language.cite-ref-43[41]

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