FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is it called ‘Python’?
A
The guy who created it loves snakes
B
The guy who created it loves Monty Python films
C
You can create a game on python called snake
D
It was created by someone called Mr Python
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why is it called Python? ¶ When he began implementing Python, Guido van Rossum was also reading the published scripts from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, a BBC comedy series from the 1970s. Van Rossum thought he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he decided to call the language Python.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over a long holiday break in December 1989, Guido started developing an ABC-like language that could talk to the OS and would be suitable for quickly developing OS utilities for Amoeba. He named his nascent project Python, taking inspiration from the Monty Python’s Flying Circus television program.

Detailed explanation-3: -Python was created by Guido van Rossum, and first released on February 20, 1991. While you may know the python as a large snake, the name of the Python programming language comes from an old BBC television comedy sketch series called Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics developed by Guido van Rossum. It was originally released in 1991. Designed to be easy as well as fun, the name “Python” is a nod to the British comedy group Monty Python.

Detailed explanation-5: -Python gets its name from the 1970s British TV comedy series, Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

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