Python 1.0.0 is out (1994)
Python 1.0.0 has been released as a new object-oriented scripting and prototyping language. It offers a readable syntax and various features such as modules, classes, and dynamic linking. The source code and documentation are freely available online, making it accessible for users worldwide.
- ▪Python is an interpreted language that includes run-time checks and automatic memory allocation.
- ▪It features a large library of standard modules and classes, as well as interfaces to Unix system calls.
- ▪The source code and documentation can be accessed via anonymous FTP from multiple sites.
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--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?Maybe you should try Python, the next generation object-orientedscripting and prototyping language, with a *readable* syntax. Pythonhas been used by hundreds of happy users all over the world during thepast three years, and is now ready for prime time.Python is an interpreted language, and has the usual advantages ofsuch languages, such as run-time checks (e.g. bounds checking),execution of dynamically generated code, automatic memory allocation,high level operations on strings, lists and dictionaries (associativearrays), and a fast edit-compile-run cycle.
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