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 Langa, ...

After 11 years of supporting programming language Python from the 2.7 branch, the Python Software Foundation has released the last ever update for it and is urging users to move on to Python 3 to ...

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Sitting around with "a lot of time on my hand," Dutch computer scientist Guido van Rossum decided to take on a fun little side project over Christmas break in 1989: building a new programming language ...

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

Python is an almost universally loved programming language that many developers profess to be their “favorite” way to code. That’s thanks to Python’s clear and simple syntax, logical structure, and ...

February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress.

A superset of Python that compiles to C, Cython combines the ease of Python with the speed of native code. Here's a quick guide to making the most of Cython in your Python programs. Python has a ...

What is common between Netflix, Google, Uber, Spotify, Apple and Microsoft? All these giants of their industries believe the answer to the question "What is the future of Python?" is that it is ...