Python is still going strong at 31, but we may never see version 4.0.
In a 1998 interview, Guido van Rossum, the author of Python, said about the programming language, “Better database access modules, an integrated development environment, more documentation, and, of course, more users.” Over the course of the 31 years since Python’s first release in 1991, Rossum’s words have obviously become reality.
Consistently at the top of the charts
For several years, Python has been the most popular programming language among data scientists and developers. It is also backed by a thriving and resourceful community. It has withstood the test of time and continues to garner widespread adoration. Python earned the coveted TIOBE Programming Language of the Year award for the second year in a row for the year 2021 a few days ago.
It all began in the Netherlands.
Python’s first code was published in February 1991 by creator Rossum (labeled version 0.9.0).
In an interview, he discusses how Python came into being. “I built Python while working in the Netherlands,” he claims. I found a great job as a programmer at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), a government-funded research institution that does advanced math and computer science research. My first job was working on a team developing a programming language called ABC, and it was a fascinating undertaking.”
Milestones
Major releases
The initial version of Python 1.0 was released in January 1994. Many new features were added, including filter, reduce, map, and lambda, among others. Version 2.0 was launched about six years later. It included a number of new features, including a garbage collector that detects cycles for memory management and Unicode support. Python 2 was deprecated in 2020. Python 3.0 was released in December 2008. “Python 3.0 is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2. x sequence of releases,” according to Python.
BeOpen and Python Software Foundation
Rossum and the Python core development team went to BeOpen.com in the middle of 2000 to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. The Python Software Foundation was founded in 2001 to own Python-related intellectual property.
Guido van Rossum has resigned.
Python’s Benevolent Dictator for Life was Van Rossum’s nickname (BDFL). He stood down from the position in 2018. “I would prefer to remove myself fully from the decision-making process,” he wrote. I’ll still be there as a regular core developer for a long, and I’ll still be available to mentor folks — probably much more so. But I’m essentially taking a permanent break from being BDFL, and you’ll be on your own.”
Will Python 4.0 be released?
Van Rossum was questioned if Python 4.0 would see the light of day in a 2021 interview with Microsoft Reactor. “I am not excited with the notion of Python 4.0, and nobody in the core development team is either,” he responded. There will very certainly never be a 4.0.”
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