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 ...

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.

While Python is a hugely popular programming language it has limitations, not least of which is how difficult it makes writing very large and complex code bases. Must-read developer coverage ...

Ronacher is optimistic that Python can be reinvented but also points to the fate of Perl, a hit for programming on the web in the early 2000s but now well outside of Tiobe's top 10.

Python scripts are capable of more complex tasks than Bash scripts, including high-level data manipulation and integration with web services. External modules: Python's ecosystem has a library for ...