Python as a programming language

Python is a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.
Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts 
in fewer lines of code than possible in languages such as C++ or Java. 
The language provides constructs intended to enable clear programs on both a small and large scale.
Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative and functional programming or procedural styles.
It features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management and has a large and comprehensive standard library.
Python interpreters are available for many operating systems, allowing Python code to run on a wide variety of systems.
Using third-party tools, such as Py2exe or Pyinstaller,Python code can be packaged into stand-alone executable programs
for some of the most popular operating systems, so Python-based software can be distributed to, and used on,
those environments with no need to install a Python interpreter.
CPython, the reference implementation of Python, is free and open-source software and has a community-based development model,
as do nearly all of its variant implementations. 
CPython is managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation.

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