Impact
Python's design and philosophy have influenced several programming languages, including:
- Boo uses indentation, a similar syntax, and a similar object model. However, Boo uses static typing and is closely integrated with the .NET Framework.
- Cobra uses indentation and a similar syntax. Cobra's "Acknowledgements" document lists Python first among languages that influenced it. However, Cobra directly supports design-by-contract, unit tests and optional static typing.
- ECMAScript borrowed iterators, generators, and list comprehensions from Python.
- Go is described as incorporating the "development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python".
- Groovy was motivated by the desire to bring the Python design philosophy to Java.
- OCaml has an optional syntax, called twt (The Whitespace Thing), inspired by Python and Haskell.
- Ruby's creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, has said: "I wanted a scripting language that was more powerful than Perl, and more object-oriented than Python. That's why I decided to design my own language."
Python's development practices have also been emulated by other languages. The practice of requiring a document describing the rationale for, and issues surrounding, a change to the language (in Python's case, a PEP) is also used in Tcl and Erlang because of Python's influence.
Python has been awarded a TIOBE Programming Language of the Year award twice (in 2007 and 2010), which is given to the language with the greatest growth in popularity over the course of a year, as measured by the TIOBE index.
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