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Guido van Rossum started Python so a language could be powerful and still easy to read. The name comes from Monty Python comedy, not the snake first. Interviews ask this to see if you know the language is old, stable, and designed on purpose.

Today you write Python 3. Python 2 is leftover. Don’t mug only years. Say creator, readability goal, and “we use Python 3”. That is the full history answer for a fresher.

History of Python — output — Guido van Rossum then Python 3. Viva names — not dummy text.

Exam tip

Creator + Python 3 + readability goal.

Example

# History
print("Guido van Rossum")
print("Python 3")

History of Python — output: Guido van Rossum then Python 3. Viva names — not dummy text.

Short notes

DefGuido van Rossum. Readability was the goal.
RuleUse Python 3.
RememberName from Monty Python.

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Today you write Python 3. Python 2 is leftover. Don’t mug only years. Say creator, readability goal, and “we use Python 3”. That is the full history answer for a fresher.

History of Python — output — Guido van Rossum then Python 3. Viva names — not dummy text.

Exam tip

Creator + Python 3 + readability goal.

Example

# History
print("Guido van Rossum")
print("Python 3")

History of Python — output: Guido van Rossum then Python 3. Viva names — not dummy text.

Short notes

DefGuido van Rossum. Readability was the goal.
RuleUse Python 3.
RememberName from Monty Python.

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