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What is a distinctive feature of Python's design philosophy?
What is a distinctive feature of Python's design philosophy?
- Code readability (correct)
- Code conciseness
- Code redundancy
- Code complexity
What type of programming paradigms does Python support?
What type of programming paradigms does Python support?
- Only object-oriented programming
- Structured, object-oriented, and functional programming (correct)
- Only procedural programming
- Only functional programming
What is Python often referred to as due to its comprehensive standard library?
What is Python often referred to as due to its comprehensive standard library?
- A low-level language
- A lightweight language
- A dynamic language
- A 'batteries included' language (correct)
Who is credited with beginning work on Python in the late 1980s?
Who is credited with beginning work on Python in the late 1980s?
When was Python 2.0 released?
When was Python 2.0 released?
What was the initial end-of-life date set for Python 2.7?
What was the initial end-of-life date set for Python 2.7?
What is the purpose of the 2to3 utility in Python 3?
What is the purpose of the 2to3 utility in Python 3?
What is the current status of Python 2.7?
What is the current status of Python 2.7?
What is the purpose of the expedited security updates in 2021 and 2022?
What is the purpose of the expedited security updates in 2021 and 2022?
What is the latest stable release of Python as of October 2023?
What is the latest stable release of Python as of October 2023?
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Python's design philosophy?
Python's design philosophy?
Emphasizes code readability and simplicity.
Python's programming paradigms?
Python's programming paradigms?
Supports structured, object-oriented, and functional paradigms.
'Batteries included' language?
'Batteries included' language?
Due to its extensive standard library, it is known as a 'batteries included' language.
Who created Python?
Who created Python?
Guido van Rossum started working on Python in the late 1980s.
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Release year of Python 2.0?
Release year of Python 2.0?
Python 2.0 was released in 2000.
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Python 2.7 EOL?
Python 2.7 EOL?
The initial end-of-life date set for Python 2.7 was 2015.
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Purpose of 2to3 utility?
Purpose of 2to3 utility?
The 2to3 utility automates the translation of Python 2 code to Python 3.
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Current status of Python 2.7?
Current status of Python 2.7?
Python 2.7 is now unsupported.
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Expedited security updates?
Expedited security updates?
To fix security issues that led to remote code execution and web-cache poisoning.
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Latest Python release?
Latest Python release?
The latest stable release of Python is 3.12 as of October 2023.
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General Properties of Python
- Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.
- It emphasizes code readability with significant indentation.
- Python is dynamically typed and garbage-collected.
- It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented, and functional programming.
History of Python
- Python was invented in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum as a successor to the ABC programming language.
- The implementation of Python began in December 1989.
- Guido van Rossum was the lead developer and "benevolent dictator for life" until 2018.
- In 2019, a five-member Steering Council was elected to lead the project.
Releases of Python
- Python 2.0 was released in 2000 with major new features like list comprehensions, cycle-detecting garbage collection, reference counting, and Unicode support.
- Python 3.0 was released in 2008 with many major features backported to Python 2.6.x and 2.7.x.
- Python 2.7's end-of-life was initially set for 2015, then postponed to 2020.
- Only Python 3.8 and later are supported as of 2023.
- Python 3.11 and 3.12 are the only versions with active support as of October 2023.
Notable Changes in Recent Releases
- Python 3.11 increased program execution speed and improved error reporting.
- Python 3.12 adds syntax to the language, including the new (soft) keyword type.
- Python 3.10 added a new type union operator and improved exception handling.
- Python 3.10 and 3.11 added support for exception handling and the match and case statements.
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