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What was the initial end-of-life date for Python 2.7?
What was the initial end-of-life date for Python 2.7?
Which Python versions are currently supported as of 2023?
Which Python versions are currently supported as of 2023?
What was the main reason for postponing Python 2.7's end-of-life date?
What was the main reason for postponing Python 2.7's end-of-life date?
What is a notable feature of Python 3.11?
What is a notable feature of Python 3.11?
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What is the current stable release of Python as of October 2023?
What is the current stable release of Python as of October 2023?
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Study Notes
Python Overview
- High-level, general-purpose programming language
- Emphasizes code readability with significant indentation
- Dynamically typed and garbage-collected
- Supports multiple programming paradigms (structured, object-oriented, functional)
History
- Created by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s as a successor to ABC
- First released in 1991 as Python 0.9.0
- Guido van Rossum was the lead developer until 2018
- Steering Council was established in 2019 to lead the project
Releases
- Python 2.0 released in 2000 with new features (list comprehensions, cycle-detecting garbage collection, reference counting, and Unicode support)
- Python 3.0 released in 2008 with non-backward compatible changes
- Python 2.7.18 released in 2020 as the last release of Python 2
- Python 3.8 and later are currently supported (2023)
- Older versions (2.7 and older) are officially unsupported
Security Updates
- Python 2.7 and older have no further security patches or improvements
- Security updates were expedited in 2021 and 2022 for all Python versions due to security issues
- Python 3.9.13 and later only receive security fixes
- Python 3.12 is the current stable release with active support
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Learn about Python, a high-level, general-purpose programming language that emphasizes code readability and supports multiple programming paradigms. Discover its features, design philosophy, and comprehensive standard library.
