Python is a programming language that is freely available and that makes solving a computer problem almost as easy as writing out one''s thoughts about the solution. It can be written once and run on almost any computer without needing to change the program. In this section, you can learn more about what Python is, how it is used, and how it compares to other programming languages. Use the menu below to browse the various sections of this article.
Python was first created by Guido von Rossum in 1990 and was named after the Brit-com Monty Python''s Flying Circus. It has since been developed by a large team of volunteers and is freely available from the Python Software Foundation. The most recent version of Python, 2.5, was released in September, 2006.
Python is now found in many incarnations. At the website of the Python Software Foundation, Python is written in C. Other incarnations exist. A Java-based version of Python exists in Jython and may be used to work with Java c