| C++ | Python |
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| Category | programming language | programming language |
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| Developer | ISO C++ committee (WG21) | Python Software Foundation |
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| Created by | Bjarne Stroustrup | Guido van Rossum |
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| First release | 1985 | 1991 |
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| License | Open standard | PSF License |
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| Open source | Yes | Yes |
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| Pricing | Free | Free |
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| Website | https://isocpp.org | https://www.python.org |
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| Paradigms | Object-oriented, Procedural, Functional | Object-oriented, Functional, Procedural |
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| Typing | Static | Dynamic |
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| Type strength | Weak | Strong |
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| Type inference | Yes | No |
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| Memory management | Manual | Reference counted |
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| Runs as | Native code | Bytecode on a virtual machine |
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| Main implementation | GCC, Clang, MSVC | CPython |
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| Concurrency | Threads, atomics, coroutines | Threads (free-threaded builds), asyncio, processes |
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| Null safety | No | No |
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| Package manager | None official, vcpkg and Conan | pip, uv |
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| Used for | Systems, Games, Desktop, Embedded, Scientific computing | Data and AI, Back end, Scripting, Scientific computing |
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| Specification | ISO/IEC 14882 | None, CPython is the reference |
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