Python History


Python History and Versions


  • Python laid its foundation in the late 1980s.
  • The implementation of Python was started in the December 1989 by Guido Van Rossum at CWI in Netherland.
  • In February 1991, van Rossum published the code (labeled version 0.9.0) to alt.sources.
  • In 1994, Python 1.0 was released with new features like: lambda, map, filter, and reduce.
  • Python 2.0 added new features like: list comprehensions, garbage collection system.
  • On December 3, 2008, Python 3.0 (also called "Py3K") was released. It was designed to rectify fundamental flaw of the language.
  • ABC programming language is said to be the predecessor of Python language which was capable of Exception Handling and interfacing with Amoeba Operating System.
  • Python is influenced by following programming languages:
    • ABC language.
    • Modula-3

Python Version List


Python programming language is being updated regularly with new features and supports. There are lots of updations in python versions, started from 1994 to current release.

A list of python versions with its released date is given below.

Python VersionReleased Date
Python 1.0January 1994
Python 1.5December 31, 1997
Python 1.6September 5, 2000
Python 2.0October 16, 2000
Python 2.1April 17, 2001
Python 2.2December 21, 2001
Python 2.3July 29, 2003
Python 2.4November 30, 2004
Python 2.5September 19, 2006
Python 2.6October 1, 2008
Python 2.7July 3, 2010
Python 3.0December 3, 2008
Python 3.1June 27, 2009
Python 3.2February 20, 2011
Python 3.3September 29, 2012
Python 3.4March 16, 2014
Python 3.5September 13, 2015
Python 3.6December 23, 2016
Python 3.7June 27, 2018

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