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.

Aliases (14)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Python implementation → free and open-source software → interpreter → reference implementation →
concurrencyFeature	global interpreter lock (GIL) →
developer	Python Software Foundation →
distribution	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 → global interpreter lock → standard library →
hasInterface	C API for extensions and embedding → command-line interpreter (REPL) →
implementsLanguage	Python →
implementsStandard	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 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 (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
NumPy ("CPython") → SciPy ("CPython") → Stackless Python ("CPython C API (largely)") →	compatibleWith
Python ("Python 3.9") → Python ("Python 3.10") → Python ("Python 3.11") →	notableVersion
Python Software Foundation ("CPython") → Python Software Foundation ("CPython") →	supportsProject
PEP 13 ("CPython core development") →	appliesTo
CPython ("global interpreter lock (GIL)") →	concurrencyFeature
Stackless Python ("CPython") →	derivedFrom
Python core developers ("CPython repository") →	hasAuthorityOver
CPython ("global interpreter lock") →	hasComponent
Python ("CPython") →	implementation
Python standard library ("Python 1.0") →	introducedIn
IronPython ("CPython") →	isAlternativeTo
Guido van Rossum →	notableWork
PEP 572 ("CPython 3.8") →	referenceImplementation
Jython ("CPython") →	relatedTo
PEP 0 ("CPython source repository") →	repository
Python ("CPython") →	standardImplementation
Python Enhancement Proposals ("CPython source code repository") →	storedIn
Cython ("CPython") →	supportsImplementation
Jython ("Python 2.7 (major stable line)") →	supportsVersion
Cython ("CPython") →	targetPlatform