Flavors of Python:
1) CPython:
It is the standard flavor of Python. It can be used to work with C language Applications.
2) Jython OR JPython:
It is for Java Applications. It can run on JVM
3) IronPython:
It is for the C#.Net platform
4) PyPy:
The main advantage of PyPy is performance will be improved because JIT compiler is
available inside PVM.
5) RubyPython
For Ruby Platforms
6) AnacondaPython
It is specially designed for handling a large volumes of data processing.
Python Versions:
- Python 1.0V was introduced in Jan 1994
- Python 2.0V was introduced in October 2000
- Python 3.0V was introduced in December 2008
Note: Python 3 won’t provide backward compatibility to Python2 i.e there is no
guarantee that Python2 programs will run in Python3.
Current versions
Python 3.6.1 Python 2.7.13