5 most interesting facts about Python Programming

Backtworace
2 min readAug 1, 2020

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Interesting facts about Python Programming
Below are the 5 most interesting facts about Python Programming that you should know –

  1. Python was a hobby project
    In December 1989, Python’s creator Guido Van Rossum was looking for a hobby project to keep him occupied in the week around Christmas. He had been thinking of writing a new scripting language that’d be a descendant of ABC and also appeal to Unix/C hackers. He chose to call it Python.
  2. Why it was called Python
    The language’s name isn’t about snakes, but about the popular British comedy troupe Monty Python (from the 1970s). Guido himself is a big fan of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Being in a rather irreverent mood, he named the project ‘Python’. Isn’t it an interesting Python fact?
  3. Big Companies Using Python
    Many big names use (or have used) Python for their products/services. Some of these are:
    Quora
    MIT
    Disqus
    Hike
    Spotify
    Udemy
    Shutterstock
    NASA
    Google
    Nokia
    IBM
    Yahoo! Maps
    Walt Disney Feature Animation
    Facebook
    Netflix
    Expedia
    Reddit
  4. No braces use
    Unlike Java and C++, Python does not use braces to delimit code. Indentation is mandatory with Python. If you choose to import it from the future package, it gives you a witty error.

Interesting facts about Python language

  1. how to Functions can return multiple values/counter
    In Python, a function can return more than one value as a tuple. Take a look at the following code:

facts about python language

This isn’t possible in a language like Java. There, you can return an array of values instead.
References: https://www.pythonslearning.com/2020/07/17-interesting-facts-about-python.html

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