is a high-level , general-purpose programming language . Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation . [31] Python is dynamically typed and garbage-collected . It supports multiple programming paradigms , including structured (particularly procedural ), object-oriented and functional programming . It is often described as a "batteries included" language due to its comprehensive standard library . [32] [33] Guido van Rossum began working on Python in the late 1980s as a successor to the ABC programming language and first released it in 1991 as Python 0.9.0. [34] Python 2.0 was released in 2000. Python 3.0, released in 2008, was a major revision not completely backward-compatible with earlier versions. Python 2.7.18, released in 2020, was the last release of Python 2. [35] Python cons...