History of Python

Before diving into Python code, it's important to understand its origins. Python was conceived in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands. The implementation of Python was started in December 1989 and officially released to the public as Python 0.9.0 in February 1991.

print('Hello, World!') # First Python code tradition

The code shown is a traditional first program that many beginners write when learning a new programming language. It demonstrates how to output a string to the console in Python. This code, while simple, embodies the readability and ease of use that Python was designed to provide. The history of Python is a story about making programming more accessible and fun, which is reflected even in such basic examples of Python code.