Query: Python features memory management.

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High-level programming language <=SEP=> In computer science , a high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer . In comparison to low-level programming languages , it may use natural language elements , be easier to use , or may automate ( or even hide entirely ) significant areas of computing systems ( e.g. memory management ) , making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable relative to a lower-level language . The amount of abstraction provided defines how `` high-level '' a programming language is .   In the 1960s , high-level programming languages using a compiler were commonly called autocodes .  Examples of autocodes are COBOL and Fortran .   The first high-level programming language designed for computers was Plankalkül , created by Konrad Zuse . However , it was not implemented in his time , and his original contributions were ( due to World War II ) largely isolated from other developments , although it influenced Heinz Rutishauser 's language `` Superplan '' ( and to some degree also Algol ) . The first really widespread high-level language was Fortran , a machine independent development of IBM 's earlier Autocode systems . Algol , defined in 1958 and 1960 , by committees of European and American computer scientists , introduced recursion as well as nested functions under lexical scope . It was also the first language with a clear distinction between value and name-parameters and their corresponding semantics . Algol also introduced several structured programming concepts , such as the while-do and if-then-else constructs and its syntax was the first to be described by a formal method , Backus -- Naur form ( BNF ) . During roughly the same period Cobol introduced records ( also called structs ) and Lisp introduced a fully general lambda abstraction in a programming language for the first time .

Python (programming language) <=SEP=> Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming , created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991 . An interpreted language , Python has a design philosophy which emphasizes code readability ( notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly brackets or keywords ) , and a syntax which allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than possible in languages such as C++ or Java . The language provides constructs intended to enable writing clear programs on both a small and large scale .   Python features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management and supports multiple programming paradigms , including object-oriented , imperative , functional programming , and procedural styles . It has a large and comprehensive standard library .   Python interpreters are available for many operating systems , allowing Python code to run on a wide variety of systems . CPython , the reference implementation of Python , is open source software and has a community-based development model , as do nearly all of its variant implementations . CPython is managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation .