Python reference implementation (CPython)

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Python implementation free and open-source software interpreter reference implementation

Python reference implementation (CPython) is the original and most widely used implementation of the Python programming language, written in C and serving as the de facto standard for Python behavior and compatibility.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
CPython 14
CPython 3.10 interpreter 1
CPython 3.8 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Python implementation ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ
interpreter ⓘ
reference implementation ⓘ
concurrencyFeature Python reference implementation (CPython) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: global interpreter lock (GIL)
developer Python Software Foundation ⓘ
distribution Microsoft Store ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Store Python distribution

Windows installers from python.org ⓘ
official python.org downloads ⓘ
system Python on many Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
various Linux distribution packages ⓘ
executionModel executes bytecode on a virtual machine ⓘ
interprets Python source into bytecode ⓘ
governingBody Python Steering Council ⓘ
hasComponent Python bytecode interpreter ⓘ
garbage collector ⓘ
Python reference implementation (CPython) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: global interpreter lock

standard library ⓘ
hasInterface C API for extensions and embedding ⓘ
command-line interpreter (REPL) ⓘ
implementsLanguage Python ⓘ
implementsStandard Python Enhancement Proposals ⓘ
surface form: Python language specification
influences behavior of alternative Python implementations ⓘ
license Python Software Foundation License ⓘ
maintainer Python core developers ⓘ
memoryManagement cycle-detecting garbage collector ⓘ
reference counting ⓘ
mostWidelyUsedImplementationOf Python ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
officialWebsite https://www.python.org ⓘ
originalAuthor Guido van Rossum ⓘ
primaryUse application development ⓘ
automation ⓘ
general-purpose programming ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
scripting ⓘ
web development ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
repository https://github.com/python/cpython ⓘ
role de facto standard for Python behavior ⓘ
de facto standard for Python compatibility ⓘ
reference implementation of the Python programming language ⓘ
runsOn Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
many Unix-like systems ⓘ
supports C extension modules ⓘ
FFI via ctypes ⓘ
multi-processing ⓘ
multi-threading with GIL constraints ⓘ
targetPlatform cross-platform ⓘ
testSuite regression test suite included in source tree ⓘ
writtenIn C ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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Guido van Rossum → notableWork → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
Python → standardImplementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Python → implementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Python → notableVersion → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Python 3.9
Python → notableVersion → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Python 3.10
Python → notableVersion → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Python 3.11
Python Enhancement Proposals → storedIn → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython source code repository
Python reference implementation (CPython) → hasComponent → Python reference implementation (CPython) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: CPython
this entity surface form: global interpreter lock
Python reference implementation (CPython) → concurrencyFeature → Python reference implementation (CPython) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: CPython
this entity surface form: global interpreter lock (GIL)
Python Software Foundation → supportsProject → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Jython → supportsVersion → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Python 2.7 (major stable line)
Jython → relatedTo → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Stackless Python → compatibleWith → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython C API (largely)
Stackless Python → derivedFrom → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
NumPy → compatibleWith → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
SciPy → compatibleWith → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
PEP 0 → repository → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython source repository
Python core developers → hasAuthorityOver → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython repository
PSF → supportsProject → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
subject surface form: Python Software Foundation
this entity surface form: CPython
PEP 572 → referenceImplementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython 3.8
PEP 13 → appliesTo → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython core development
IronPython → isAlternativeTo → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Python standard library → introducedIn → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Python 1.0
Cython → targetPlatform → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
Cython → supportsImplementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
MRI → hasFeature → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global Interpreter Lock
Python 3.10 → requires → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython 3.10 interpreter
Python 3.10 → implementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
python-dev mailing list → associatedImplementation → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython
PEP 13: Python Language Governance → appliesTo → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython project
Provisional PEPs → usedIn → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython development
PEP 636 → belongsToProject → Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPython