Ewa Jodlowska, the Python Software Foundation's outgoing executive director, says Python 'will go down in history' - but there is still plenty of work to be done.

History of Python programming languagePython is an interpreted, object-oriented and high-level programming language created by Guido van Rossum. The language’s design philosophy emphasizes code ...

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.

In 2019, Python also ranked first in the 'Popular Programming Languages 2019 ' published by the academic journal IEEE Spectrum.

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.

Python thus possesses versatile capabilities of withering today's storms while also preparing for tomorrow: this is what makes it the programming language of the future.

Image: rootstocks/ Getty The Python Software Foundation has appointed a new Developer in Residence (DIR) to work full-time on the Python programming language and support its developer community ...

OK, so one of the best things about Python is that it is a general-purpose programming language. Yes, we do mean that it can in almost all situations, a Jack of All Trades if you will.

Future of work How Julia could beat Python for programming language dominance What fast, easy-to-use Julia can offer devs July 23, 2024 - 8:51 am ...