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Python is part of the free software movement . The programming language was influenced by ALGOL 68, ABC, Modula-3, C++, Java, Lisp, and two additional languages [1][2][3][4][5][6].
Python
Summary
Python is an object-based language[1]. Python ranks in the top 4% of object_based_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170,043 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], Ren'Py[29], CPython[30], Cython[31], Python Software Foundation[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 (170,043 views/month).[2] Python has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Python is known by 79 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]; Julia[44], an object-based language[45], founded in 2009[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 ECMAScript[53], a programming language specification[54], founded in 1997[55].
Entities named for Python include Project Jupyter[28], Ren'Py[29], CPython[30], Cython[31], Python Software Foundation[32], and Anaconda[33].
FAQs
Who did Python influence?
Python has been cited as an influence by JavaScript[38], F#[41], Julia[44], and Mojo[47].