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What Is Python ?

Python is a high-level general purpose programming language. As code is automatically compiled to byte code and executed, Python is suitable as a scripting language, Web application implementation language, etc.

Python can be extended in C and C++, Python can provide the speed needed for even compute intensive tasks.

Some Important Features of Python:

  • Python is built-in high level data types like strings, lists, dictionaries, etc.
  • Python has usual control structures like  if, if-else, if-elif-else, while, plus a powerful collection iterator (for).
  • It has multiple levels of organizational structure: functions, classes, modules, and packages which assist in organizing code.
  • Compile on the fly to byte code where source code is compiled to byte code without a separate compile step.
  • Source code modules can also be “pre-compiled” to byte code files.
  • Extensions in C and C++ — Extension modules and extension types can be written by hand or tools.