5 Questions
What was the initial end-of-life date for Python 2.7?
2015
Which Python versions are currently supported as of 2023?
3.8 and later
What was the main reason for postponing Python 2.7's end-of-life date?
Concerns that a large body of existing code could not easily be forward-ported to Python 3
What is a notable feature of Python 3.11?
Improved program execution speed
What is the current stable release of Python as of October 2023?
Python 3.12
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
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.
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