Python(英国发音:/?pa?θ?n/ 美国发音:/?pa?θɑ?n/)
Python的创始人为吉多·范罗苏姆(Guido van Rossum)。
1989年的圣诞节期间,吉多·范罗苏姆为了在阿姆斯特丹打发时间,决心开发一个新的脚本解释程序,作为ABC语言的一种继承。
之所以选中Python作为程序的名字,是因为他是BBC电视剧——蒙提·派森的飞行马戏团(Monty Python‘s Flying Circus)的爱好者。
 
Import this
 
- Beautiful is better than ugly.
 
- Explicit is better than implicit.
 
- Simple is better than complex.
 
- Complex is better than complicated.
 
- Flat is better than nested.
 
- Sparse is better than dense.
 
- Readability counts.
 
- Special cases aren‘t special enough to break the rules.
 
- Although practicality beats purity.
 
- Errors should never pass silently.
 
- Unless explicitly silenced.
 
- In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
 
- There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
 
- Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you‘re Dutch.
 
- Now is better than never.
 
- Although never is often better than *right* now.
 
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it‘s a bad idea.
 
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.