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.

Python was created in 1989 by Guido van Rossum who returned from retirement last year to work for Microsoft 's expanding open-source teams. Previously, he'd headed up Python efforts at Dropbox.

Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky—orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work. But ...

The work commenced in 2020 around Project Zen with the goal of providing a more, ah, soothing and copasetic experience for Python coders writing Spark jobs. Project Zen has already resulted in better ...

[Damien George] just created Micro Python (Kickstarter alert!), a lean and fast implementation of the Python scripting language that is optimized to run on a microcontroller. It includes a complete… ...

Python has cemented its place among the top three most popular programming languages, having seen the largest rise of any language in Tiobe's search engine based rankings.

The widespread adoption of AI is creating a paradigm shift in the software engineering world. Python has quickly become the programming language of choice for AI development due to its usability ...

How to write four million lines of Python: Lessons from Dropbox on using the programming language at scale Your email has been sent While Python is a hugely popular programming language it has ...

Python Programming Language on server room background. Programing workflow abstract algorithm concept on virtual screen.