Python rises above C and Java to take the top position in the index of programming language popularity for the first time.

In a Q&A, Python programming language creator Guido van Rossum said it was "almost taboo to talk about a Python 4 in a serious sense" following the troubled migration from Python 2.0 to Python 3.0.

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The top programming languages that developers want to learn next are Go and Python, according to a survey by developer skills-matching platform HackerRank.

Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to the programming language.