Python

Summary

Python is an object-based language^[1]. Python ranks in the top 4% of object_based_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,850 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Python's instance of is recorded as object-based language^[3].
• Python's instance of is recorded as dynamic programming language^[4].
• Python's instance of is recorded as functional programming language^[5].
• Python's instance of is recorded as scripting language^[6].
• Python's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language^[7].
• Python's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language^[8].
• Python's instance of is recorded as interpreted language^[9].
• Python's instance of is recorded as high-level programming language^[10].
• Python's instance of is recorded as programming language^[11].
• Python's instance of is recorded as run-time system^[12].
• Python's instance of is recorded as off-side rule language^[13].
• Python's instance of is recorded as strict programming language^[14].
• Python's instance of is recorded as open-source software^[15].
• Python's instance of is recorded as software^[16].
• Python is associated with the free software movement movement^[17].
• Monty Python is named after Python^[18].
• Python's developer is recorded as Python Software Foundation^[19].
• Python's developer is recorded as Guido van Rossum^[20].
• Python's copyright license is recorded as Python Software Foundation License^[21].
• Python's programmed in is recorded as Python^[22].
• Python's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[23].
• Python's designed by is recorded as Guido van Rossum^[24].
• Python's operating system is recorded as cross-platform^[25].
• Python's software version identifier is recorded as 2.7.6^[26].
• Python's software version identifier is recorded as 3.3.3^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include object-based language^[3], dynamic programming language^[4], functional programming language^[5], scripting language^[6], multi-paradigm programming language^[7], and imperative programming language^[8].

History and Context

Monty Python is named after Python^[18].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Python include Project Jupyter^[28], CPython^[29], Python Software Foundation^[30], Cython^[31], Ren'Py^[32], Anaconda^[33], mod_python^[34], and PyCommonist^[35].

Why It Matters

Python ranks in the top 4% of object_based_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,850 views/month).^[2] Python has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Python is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Python has been cited as an influence by JavaScript^[38], a scripting language^[39], founded in 1995^[40]; F#^[41], a functional programming language^[42], founded in 2005^[43]; ECMAScript^[44], a programming language specification^[45], founded in 1997^[46]; Mojo^[47], a multi-paradigm programming language^[48], founded in 2023^[49]; D^[50], an object-based language^[51], founded in 2001^[52]; and Nim^[53], a programming language^[54], founded in 2008^[55].

Entities named for Python include Project Jupyter^[28], CPython^[29], Python Software Foundation^[30], Cython^[31], Ren'Py^[32], and Anaconda^[33].

FAQs

Who did Python influence?

Python has been cited as an influence by JavaScript^[38], F#^[41], ECMAScript^[44], and Mojo^[47].