Python History and Versions

• Python was invented in late 1980s but the  implementation of Python was started in the December 1989 by Guido Van Rossum at CWI in Netherland.
• In February 1991, van Rossum published the code (labeled version 0.9.0) to alt.sources.
• In 1994, Python 1.0 was released with new features like: lambda, map, filter, and reduce.
• Python 2.0 added new features like: list comprehensions, garbage collection system.
• On December 3, 2008, Python 3.0 (also called "Py3K") was released. It was designed to rectify fundamental flaw of the language.
• ABC programming language is said to be the predecessor of Python language which was capable of Exception Handling and interfacing with Amoeba Operating System.
• Python is influenced by following programming languages:
• ABC language.
• Modula-3

Python Version List

Python version and release date, Currently Python 3.x is used globally..

1. Python VersionReleased Date
2. Python 1.0 January 1994
3. Python 1.5 December 31, 1997
4. Python 1.6 September 5, 2000
5. Python 2.0 October 16, 2000
6. Python 2.1 April 17, 2001
7. Python 2.2 December 21, 2001
8. Python 2.3 July 29, 2003
9. Python 2.4 November 30, 2004
10. Python 2.5 September 19, 2006
11. Python 2.6 October 1, 2008
12. Python 2.7 July 3, 2010
13. Python 3.0 December 3, 2008
14. Python 3.1 June 27, 2009
15. Python 3.2 February 20, 2011
16. Python 3.3 September 29, 2012
17. Python 3.4 March 16, 2014
18. Python 3.5 September 13, 2015
19. Python 3.6 December 23, 2016
20. Python 3.7 June 27, 2018

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