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 a powerful programming language that is easy to learn and easy to work with, but it is not always the fastest to run—especially when you’re dealing with math or statistics. Third-party ...

I wrote last year about Tinkerstellar, a new iPad app inspired by Apple’s Swift Playground that’s designed to help people learn Python through multiple interactive lessons. Tinkerstellar is now ...

Python is best thought of as a dynamic but strongly typed language. Types aren’t associated with the names of things, but with the things themselves. This makes Python flexible and convenient for ...