COMPILER DESIGN

INTRODUCTION TO COMPILER DESIGN

TYPES OF COMPILERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Python was invented by Gudio van Nicholas?
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Python was conceived in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC programming language, which was inspired by SETL, capable of exception handling and interfacing with the Amoeba operating system. Its implementation began in December 1989.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the winter of 1989, Van Rossum began programming Python as a hobby to keep him occupied during the holidays. According to Van Rossum, he wanted to write a programming language that was accessible to everyone.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1999, Van Rossum submitted a funding proposal to DARPA called “Computer Programming for Everybody", in which he further defined his goals for Python: An easy and intuitive language just as powerful as major competitors. Open source, so anyone can contribute to its development.

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