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hello there...

can any one reply me what is python

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Ezzaral commented: This has to be the laziest question I've seen in some time. -3

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A short, practical follow-up to the thread: asked what Python is, and gave a helpful start. Below are the next steps that beginners usually need but which the replies here didn’t cover — how to pick a version, install, manage packages, isolate projects, and run a first file.

Pick Python 3 (the Python‑2 series is no longer supported; it reached end‑of‑life on January 1, 2020), and confirm which interpreter is on your PATH with python --version, python3 --version, or on Windows py -V. Use the interpreter to run the package installer (avoid relying on a bare pip command): python -m pip install <package> or py -m pip install <package> so the package goes to the same Python you run. (docs.cloud.google.com)

Keep project dependencies isolated with virtual environments. Create one with python3 -m venv venv, activate it (source venv/bin/activate on macOS/Linux or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows), then install packages there. Using venv prevents the common problem of accidentally installing packages globally or mixing requirements between projects. ()

Quick commands and a first script example:

python3 --version
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate      # Windows (cmd.exe)
python -m pip install requests
python myscript.py

To run code interactively or as a file, start the REPL (python/python3) or execute python myscript.py. For step‑by‑step guides on running scripts and practice exercises, see practical tutorials aimed at beginners. ()

A final note tied to the tone of the thread: simple questions are fine — the short practical path above gets you past the basic definition into a working environment so experimenting is easy.

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Member Avatar for Gribouillis

Python is a high level object oriented programming language created at the beginning of the 90's bu Guido Van Rossum. Python allows for fast software development, which is the main reason of its success. The official site of the language is www.python.org.

Member Avatar for nitu_thakkar

search engine is one kind of database

google & yahoo are the example of it.

when we pass any query to it then it will search that word in

it's database & if it found it then provide us the information.

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What's a search engine?

The best part is that two people didn't pick up on the sarcasm and actually replied. Makes this triple-funny

commented: *bows* +26
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lol, some are just being nice..:)

Member Avatar for Stefano Mtangoo

I realized latter that this is maliciously asked question!
I flagged it bad post, si I hope moderators will deal with this sturbborn creature! lol:

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