The History of Python

In Python’s original implementation, classes were first class objects that could be manipulated just like any other object. However, the ...

There's now a Japanese translation of this blog. Yay! There is also a Spanish version , and a French version (sorry, I don't know t...

Alright. Fine. In 1995, when I was first exposed to Python, any reference to "snake" was verboten. Python was named after Monty Py...

I have never considered Python to be heavily influenced by functional languages, no matter what people say or think. I was much more familia...

When Python was first created, I always envisioned it as a stand-alone program, occasionally linking in third-party libraries. The source co...

Python’s implementation architecture made it easy to write extension modules written in C right from the start. However, in the early days, ...

Python's handling of integer division is an example of early mistake with huge consequences. As mentioned earlier, when Python was cre...