1989年，为了打发圣诞节假期，Guido(龟叔)开始写Python语言的编译器。Python这个名字，来自Guido所挚爱的电视剧Monty Python’s Flying Circus。他希望这个新的叫做Python的语言，能符合他的理想：创造一种C和shell之间，功能全面，易学易用，可拓展的语言。
1991年，第一个Python编译器诞生。它是用C语言实现的，并能够调用C语言的库文件。从一出生，Python已经具有了：类，函数，异常处理，包含表和词典在内的核心数据类型，以及模块为基础的拓展系统。
Granddaddy of Python web frameworks, Zope 1 was released in 1999
Python 1.0 - January 1994 增加了 lambda, map, filter and reduce.
Python 2.0 - October 16, 2000，加入了内存回收机制，构成了现在Python语言框架的基础
Python 2.4 - November 30, 2004, 同年目前最流行的WEB框架Django 诞生
Python 2.5 - September 19, 2006
Python 2.6 - October 1, 2008
Python 2.7 - July 3, 2010
In November 2014, it was announced that Python 2.7 would be supported until 2020, and reaffirmed that there would be no 2.8 release as users were expected to move to Python 3.4+ as soon as possible
Python 3.0 - December 3, 2008
Python 3.1 - June 27, 2009
Python 3.2 - February 20, 2011
Python 3.3 - September 29, 2012
Python 3.4 - March 16, 2014
Python 3.5 - September 13, 2015
