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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 designed by Guido van Rossum and was developed by Python
Software Foundation. It was released in 1991. Python is extensively used to develop:
Games Websites
Graphical User Interface programs Web applications
Softwares
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. It also supports procedure-oriented
programming approach.
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. There is no need to compile Python because it is processed at runtime by the
interpreter. 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 before runtime. 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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