Microsoft says its new Pylance language server will make Python developers who use VS Code far more productive.

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Microsoft has made its Pylance language server the default on the Python extension for Visual Studio Code.

Python maintains its runaway top ranking in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, while older languages continue to rise. Perl surprises.