What is the basics of Python?

Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python's design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant whitespace.
 
The Python language has many similarities to Perl, C, and Java. However, there are some definite differences between the languages.
Type the following text at the Python prompt and press the Enter −

>>> print "Hello, Python!"
If you are running new version of Python, then you would need to use print statement with parenthesis as in print ("Hello, Python!");. However in Python version 2.4.3, this produces the following result −

Hello, Python!
 
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