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.

C and Java remain the most popular languages in the Tiobe community index, but Python is stalking them and will likely take top spot in the future. According to Tiobe's July 2021 index, the three ...

It took the programming community a couple of decades to appreciate Python. But since the early 2010’s, it has been booming — and eventually surpassing C, C#, Java and JavaScript in popularity ...

Guido van Rossum, the creator of the hugely popular Python programming language, has given his thoughts on the language for the browser, mobile devices, and upcoming rivals like Julia. Van Rossum ...

Python’s Meteoric Rise: From 2016-2018, KDNuggets and Kaggle report that Python overtook R as the most used programming language for data science-related purposes: today, more than 65% of all ...

Python is a high-level language, so it’s not suitable for system-level programming—device drivers or OS kernels are out of the picture. It’s also not ideal for situations that call for cross ...

While Python is IEEE's lead programming language, the spotlight is on SQL, which leads the organization's jobs rankings. Image: sharafmaksumov/Adobe Stock.

Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding AI to intro programming courses frees students to focus on problem-solving.