Unlocking Python 3.13’s new and improved features

Guido van Rossom began working on the Python programming language in the late 1980’s and was first released in 1991. Since that time, the language has undergone many revisions, progressing from Python 2 to Python 3. As at June 2024, Python 3 is in its 13th revision.

Python 13 can be downloaded for free in the Microsoft Store for those individuals who use a Microsoft computer. Python can also be downloaded from the internet from the Python website, but I prefer to obtain my applications from the Microsoft Store because it affords me a level of internet safety that I would not get from downloading an application from the internet.

In Python, PEP is an acronym for Python Enhancement Proposal. It is a design document providing information to the Python community or describing a new feature for Python or its process or environment. PEPS are the primary mechanism for proposing major new features, for collecting community input on an issue, or for documenting the design decisions that have gone into Python.

CPython is the reference implementation of the Python programming language, written in C and Python. CPython is the default and most widely used implementation of the Python language. CPython can be defined as both an interpreter and a compiler, as it compiles Python code into bytecode before interpreting it.