I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

For the first time in Tiobe's long-running index, 35-year-old Python has overtaken Java to become the second-most popular programming language. Python, a top choice for data-science and machine ...

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

In 2019, Python also ranked first in the 'Popular Programming Languages 2019 ' published by the academic journal IEEE Spectrum.

What just happened? For the first time in more than 20 years, the Python programming language has overtaken Java, JavaScript, and C as the most popular language.