According to one measure, Python is potentially on the verge of becoming the most popular computer programming language and joining C and Java as the only other languages to attain the top spot.

Listen to this story IN DECEMBER 1989 Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist, set himself a Christmas project. Irked by shortcomings in other programming languages, he wanted to build his own.

Which of the languages it will be — Rust, Go, Julia, or a new language of the future — is hard to say at this point. But given the performance issues that are fundamental in the architecture ...

Explore the fascinating history of the Python programming language, from its inception in the late 1980s to becoming one of the most popular and versatile programming languages today.

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.

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. Core developer Łukasz ...

Computers don’t simply "understand" code in the way humans do. They rely on a highly sophisticated series of steps to ...

A study from researchers of a Portuguese University suggested that Python is one of the most energy inefficient languages.

Python is a powerful programming language, enabling even junior developers to accomplish quite a lot—as is the case for practically everything in computer science, there is an xkcd for that.

Python has once again emerged as the programming language of the year. In the latest survey from programming watchdogs TIOBE, the honor is awarded to the programming language that has gained the ...