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What is CPython ?

22nd Oct 2019, 5:28 AM
Rajan K
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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 language. It can be defined as both an interpreter and a compiler as it compiles Python code into bytecode before interpreting it.
22nd Oct 2019, 5:56 AM
Jella
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Therefore, Python owes its success to languages like C 😄
22nd Oct 2019, 12:48 PM
Sonic
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