History of Python programming language

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Python is an interpreted, object-oriented and high-level programming language created by Guido van Rossum. The language’s design philosophy emphasizes code readability and simplicity, making it a popular choice for beginners and experienced developers. 

Python’s journey began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it has since evolved into one of the most widely used and beloved programming languages across various domains.

Van Rossum, a Dutch programmer, started working on Python in December 1989 during his Christmas holidays while working at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands. His goal was to create a language that would be easy to read, write and maintain.

In my high school senior year I was voted "least likely to invent his own programming language."

Early in the 1990s, Python continued to be developed, and on February 20, 1991, it had its first public release, version 0.9.0 — the first time the programming community saw Python. The language design used elements from several other programming languages, including ABC, Modula-3, C, and others, to produce a flexible and expressive syntax.

Python 2.0, which included several new features and enhancements, was released in 2000. However, as the language developed, some design choices in Python 2 made it more difficult to maintain and advance the language.

In response, Python 3 was created and launched on Dec. 3, 2008. With the introduction of backward-incompatible improvements to enhance consistency and eliminate unnecessary functionality, Python 3 represented a substantial advancement.

However, Python 3 is not fully backward compatible with Python 2 — which has reached its end of life and is no longer actively maintained — requiring some code