However, as the language developed, some design choices in Python 2 made it more difficult to maintain and advance the language. In response, Python 3 was created and launched on Dec. 3, 2008.

In winning the designation for 2020, Python jumped 2.01 percentage points last year in the Tiobe Index of language popularity, edging out C++, which increased 1.99 percentage points.

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 ...

Last month, programming language Python celebrated its 30th anniversary. But without a team to maintain it, the language would likely have never have become as popular as it is today.

Python edges out C and Java to become the most popular programming language. Read now After almost 30 years of overseeing the development of the world's most popular language, Python, its founder ...

October saw Python at No. 3 with the largest year-over-year growth percentage in the top 50 languages. Java, still at second place in October, had the largest negative year-over-year growth rate ...

His recruitment at Dropbox made sense for the tech company. Dropbox has about four million lines of Python code and it's the most heavily used language for its back-end services and desktop app.