How Python Differs from Other Languages
- Python is easy to learn.
- Python is good for starting out because the syntax of Python is very simple and understandable.
- We can create GUI and CGI in a few lines of code.
Who uses Python?
Python is used for developing many popular Web products
- Youtube.
- Google.
- Yahoo! map.
- Shopzilla.
- Ultraseek.
Comparing Python With Other Languages
Python is compared with the most liked programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Tcl, Perl, Smalltalk, and C++ also. We will find Python is a good language for development
| Point of Difference |
Python |
Java |
| Program run time |
Python program runs slower than Java |
Java program runs faster than python |
| Program development time |
Takes less time than Java |
Takes more time for developing the same program |
| Length of the code |
Python code is 3-5 times shorter than Java code |
Java code is longer than Python |
| Type |
Python is dynamically typed |
Java is not dynamically typed |
| Point of Difference |
Python |
JavaScript |
Object-based
|
A python is an object-based programming language |
JavaScript is also an object-based scripting language |
| Type |
Python can be used as a scripting language as well as a programming language |
JavaScript is only used for the scripting language |
Python vs Perl
| Point of Difference |
Python |
Perl |
| Basic |
Python is very close to Perl |
Perl is also very close to Python programming language |
| Programming methodologies |
Python supports common programming methodologies such as data structure and object-oriented programming |
Perl supports common application-oriented tasks like built-in regular expressions, file scanning and reports generating features |
| Point of Difference |
Python |
Tcl |
| Typed |
Python is a general-purpose language programming language |
Tcl is application extension language and stand-alone programming language |
| Data type |
Python has a rich Datatype set for storing values |
Tcl stores all type values in a string mean TCL is weak in the data structure |
| Program execution time |
Python program executes faster |
Tcl program executes slower than python program |
| Modularity |
Python supports module for writing large programs in a small module |
Tcl also has lack of module for writing a large program |
| Point of Difference |
Python |
Smalltalk |
| Typed |
Python is a dynamically typed language |
Smalltalk is not dynamically typed programming |
| Standard library |
Python's library has more facilities for dealing with the internet and WWW realities such as email, HTML and FTP
|
Smalltalk's standard library of collection data types is more refined
|
| Point of Difference |
Python |
C++ |
| Length of code |
Python code is 5-10 time shorter than C++ code |
C++ code is 5-10 times longer than Python code |
| OOPS |
Python is pure OOPS programming language |
C++ is not a pure OOPS programming language |
Tools available for Python development
- Wing IDE: It reduces the development and debugging time, coding errors
- PyCharm: It is a proprietary and open source IDE for Python development
- PyScripter: It is free and open-source software Python IDE for Windows.
- Python Tools for Visual Studio: It is a free and open-source plug-in for Visual Studio.
- Sublime Text: It is a text editor.
- Webware for Python: It is a suite of programming tools for constructing Web-based Applications in Python.
- Komodo IDE: It is an IDE for Python.
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Atom: It is an open-source cross-platform IDE, which has more Python features under the package extensions.