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It is an interpreter (with reference).
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|gc=yes}}{{language programming paradigm|Dynamic}}{{codepad}}From the official [http://www.python.org Python] website: "Python is a dynamic [[object-oriented]] programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development."
It is easy to create clean bug-free programs in Python due to the motto: "Errors should never pass silently." Python is an [[wp:Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]]. Python source files (.py files) are typically compiled to an intermediate [[bytecode]] language (.pyc files) and executed by a Python Virtual Machine.
Note: because Python uses whitespace for structure, do not format long code examples with leading whitespace, instead use <code><nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki></code> tags, or, preferably, <code><nowiki><lang python></lang></nowiki></code> tags. This will make it easier to copy code into and out of the wiki. Example:
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