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    Python is a multi-paradigm programming language that supports object-oriented programming, structured programming, and other paradigms like functional and aspect-oriented programming. It uses dynamic typing and garbage collection for memory management. Python's core philosophy emphasizes simple and readable code over complex code. The language was designed to be highly extensible via a large standard library and easily extensible interpreter.

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    Python is a multi-paradigm programming language that supports object-oriented programming, structured programming, and other paradigms like functional and aspect-oriented programming. It uses dynamic typing and garbage collection for memory management. Python's core philosophy emphasizes simple and readable code over complex code. The language was designed to be highly extensible via a large standard library and easily extensible interpreter.

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    Python is a multi-paradigm programming language. Object-oriented programming and structured


    programming are fully supported, and many of its features support functional
    programming and aspect-oriented programming (including
    by metaprogramming[45] and metaobjects (magic methods)).[46] Many other paradigms are supported
    via extensions, including design by contract[47][48] and logic programming.[49]
    Python uses dynamic typing, and a combination of reference counting and a cycle-detecting garbage
    collector for memory management. It also features dynamic name resolution (late binding), which
    binds method and variable names during program execution.
    Python's design offers some support for functional programming in the Lisp tradition. It
    has filter , map , and reduce functions; list comprehensions, dictionaries, sets
    and generator expressions.[50] The standard library has two modules (itertools and functools) that
    implement functional tools borrowed from Haskell and Standard ML.[51]
    The language's core philosophy is summarized in the document The Zen of Python (PEP 20), which
    includes aphorisms such as:[52]

     Beautiful is better than ugly


     Explicit is better than implicit
     Simple is better than complex
     Complex is better than complicated
     Readability counts
    Rather than having all of its functionality built into its core, Python was designed to be
    highly extensible. This compact modularity has made it particularly popular as a means of adding
    programmable interfaces to existing applications. Van Rossum's vision of a small core language with
    a large standard library and easily extensible interpreter stemmed from his frustrations with ABC,
    which espoused the opposite approach.[33]
    Python strives for a simpler, less-cluttered syntax and grammar while giving developers a choice in
    their coding methodology. In contrast to Perl's "there is more than one way to do it" motto, Python
    embraces a "there should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it" design
    philosophy.[52] Alex Martelli, a Fellow at the Python Software Foundation and Python book author,
    writes that "To describe something as 'clever' is not considered a compliment in the Python
    culture."[53]
    Python's developers strive to avoid premature optimization, and reject patches to non-critical parts of
    the CPython reference implementation that would offer marginal increases in speed at the cost of
    clarity.[54] When speed is important, a Python programmer can move time-critical functions to
    extension modules written in languages such as C, or use PyPy, a just-in-time compiler. Cython is
    also available, which translates a Python script into C and makes direct C-level API calls into the
    Python interpreter.
    An important goal of Python's developers is keeping it fun to use. This is reflected in the language's
    name—a tribute to the British comedy group Monty Python[55]—and in occasionally playful
    approaches to tutorials and reference materials, such as examples that refer to spam and eggs
    (from a famous Monty Python sketch) instead of the standard foo and bar.[56][57]
    A common neologism in the Python community is pythonic, which can have a wide range of
    meanings related to program style. To say that code is pythonic is to say that it uses Python idioms
    well, that it is natural or shows fluency in the language, that it conforms with Python's minimalist
    philosophy and emphasis on readability. In contrast, code that is difficult to understand or reads like
    a rough transcription from another programming language is called unpythonic.
    Users and admirers of Python, especially those considered knowledgeable or experienced, are often
    referred to as Pythonists, Pythonistas, and Pythoneers.[58][59]

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