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Take Off Century #Critical Thinking
Skills
1. Differentiate between low-level language and high-level language.
2. Is Python a low-level language or high-level language?
3. Find out any two programming languages that are similar to Python.
Python is a popular high-level programming language. It is a powerful language used for
general-purpose programming. Python was developed by Guido van Rossum. He started applying
Python in 1989. Python is extensively used to develop:
games websites
Graphical User Interface programs web applications
FEATURES OF PYTHON
Following are the features of python:
Easy to Code: it is very easy to write programs in Python as compared to other high-level programming
languages. This is because the language used to write Python codes is similar to the English language.
Open-source Language: Python is a free and open-source programming language. An open-source
language is one which can be easily improved and distributed by anyone. You can download Python
free of cost and use it on any operating system such as Windows, Mac or Linux.
Object-oriented: Python has an object-oriented approach. This means that the programs are
designed using objects and classes that interact with each other.
Integrated and Extensible Language: We can easily integrate Python with other languages such as
C, C++. We can also write and compile a Python code in C or C++.
Interpreted Language: The code you create in Python is executed line by line which makes it easy
to correct any errors. On execution, a Python code is immediately converted into an intermediate
form. This is known as byte code. The byte code makes it easier to execute or run the code in future.
Dynamically Typed Language: Python is a dynamically typed language. This means that you do not
need to declare the type of variables in advance. For example, if you write a = 15, you do not need to
specify the variable a as an integer or string.
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