 | JavaScript | Python |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | JavaScript is an interpreted computer programming language. | Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax",and its standard library is large and comprehensive. |
| Designed by | Brendan Eich | Guido van Rossum |
| Appeared in | 1995; 18 years ago | 1990 |
| Influenced by | C, Java, Perl, Python, Scheme, Self | Perl |
| Major Implementations | Netscape | CPython, PyPy, Shedskin |
| Typing Discipline | dynamic, weak, duck | Dynamic, strong |
| Statement terminators | Semicolon terminated | Newline terminated |
| Influenced | ActionScript, CoffeeScript, Dart, JScript .NET, Objective-J, QML, TIScript, TypeScript | CoffeeScript, D, F#, Go, Apache Groovy, JavaScript, Julia, Ruby, Swift |
| code | Codes are all in text, does not need to be compiled | Interpretation from the high-level scripting language (Python) to low-level bytecode (pyc) |
| Runs on | web-browser | Python interpreter |
| Classes | No | Yes |
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