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Questions and Answers
When was Python 3.0 released?
When was Python 3.0 released?
- December 2010
- December 2008 (correct)
- December 2015
- December 2005
What was the original end-of-life date for Python 2.7?
What was the original end-of-life date for Python 2.7?
- 2020
- 2010
- 2015 (correct)
- 2025
Which Python versions are currently supported as of 2023?
Which Python versions are currently supported as of 2023?
- 3.9 and later
- 3.10 and later
- 3.7 and later
- 3.8 and later (correct)
What is the purpose of the 2to3 utility?
What is the purpose of the 2to3 utility?
What new feature was added in Python 3.12?
What new feature was added in Python 3.12?
What is the primary design philosophy of Python?
What is the primary design philosophy of Python?
What type of programming paradigms does Python support?
What type of programming paradigms does Python support?
What was the inspiration for the ABC programming language?
What was the inspiration for the ABC programming language?
What was the significance of the Python 3.0 release?
What was the significance of the Python 3.0 release?
What was Guido van Rossum's title in the Python community?
What was Guido van Rossum's title in the Python community?
Study Notes
General Characteristics
- 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
- Guido van Rossum began working on Python in the late 1980s as a successor to the ABC programming language.
- Python 0.9.0 was first released in 1991.
- Python 2.0 was released in 2000, featuring list comprehensions, cycle-detecting garbage collection, reference counting, and Unicode support.
- Python 3.0 was released in 2008, with many major new features, but not completely backward-compatible with earlier versions.
- Python 2.7.18 was the last release of Python 2, released in 2020.
- Guido van Rossum stepped down as the lead developer in 2018, and a five-member Steering Council was elected to lead the project in 2019.
Releases and Support
- Only Python 3.8 and later versions are currently supported (as of 2023).
- Python 2.7 and older versions are officially unsupported, but PyPy continues to support Python 2 with backported security updates.
- Security updates were expedited in 2021, 2022, and 2023 due to security issues.
- As of October 2023, Python 3.12 is the stable release, with active support, and Python 3.11 and 3.12 are the only versions with active support.
Notable Changes
- Python 3.10 added increased program execution speed and improved error reporting.
- Python 3.11 added syntax for exception handling.
- Python 3.12 added syntax for the new (soft) keyword type, among other changes.
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Learn about Python, a high-level, general-purpose programming language that emphasizes code readability and supports multiple programming paradigms.
