Python has several ways you can add or remove items from a list: .append() inserts an item at the end of the list. For example, list_of_ints.append(4) would turn list_of_ints into the list [1,2,3,4] .

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.