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Python was created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991 it has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, notably using significant whitespace.

In July 2018, Van Rossum stepped down as the leader in the language community after 30 years.

Python interpreters are available for many operating systems and is open source software.

Setting out with python

Python is a programming language with a clean syntax that is easy to learn and makes a great first computer language to learn.

A good guide to start with is pythonbasics.org and loads of samples are available at Beginners Guide for NonProgrammers.