Python is an interpreted, interactive and object-oriented language programming that was developed by Guido van Rossum, in 1990. Its name was taken by one of the most successful TV shows of van Rossum, the Monty Python's flying circus.
Python is a language that combines significant power with very clear syntax. It uses modules, classes, exceptions as well as very high dynamic data types. Python’s interpreters are available for most operating systems and the Python is provided without charge. 
Python's development began in 1990 at CWI in Amsterdam and continues at CNRI's Reston. This programming language has an elegant though not very simplified syntax and a small number of powerful and high-level data types.
Python can be extended by adding new mods that are written in a compiled language, such as C or C ++. These extension modules can define new features and variables, as well as new objective types. Python is often compared to other interpretive programming syllables, such as Java, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl and Smalltalk, but comparisons can also be made with C ++, Common Lisp or Scheme.
Its main goal is the readability of its code and user-friendly. It is distinguished by the fact that it has a lot of libraries that make it very easy for a lot of ordinary work and for the speed of learning it.
Python is developed as an open source and managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation. The code is distributed with the Python Software Foundation License, which is compatible with GPL. The name of the language comes from the group of comedians Monty Python.
Initially, Python was a script language used in the Amoeba operating system, also capable of system calls.
Python 2.0 was released on October 16, 2000. Version 3.0, known as py3k or python3000, was released on December 3, 2008. Many of the new features of this release have been shifted to backwards versions 2.6 and 2.7.
Python3 is basically the first programming language that breaks backward compatibility with previous versions to correct some mistakes that existed in earlier releases and to make it even clearer the simple way in which things canbe done.