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What is Python?
Simple, imperative, OO language
Invented by Guido van Rossum
- Version 0.9 posted to alt.sources Feb. 91
- Ver. 1.0 in Jan. 94; 9 X.Y releases through 2.2
- Influences: ABC, Icon, Modula-3, C, C++
Growing, open user community
- Newsgroups, mailing lists, conference
- Open Source project
Jython: Java implementation (since 1997)
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