Data Point No. 2: It’s the Swiss army knife of programming. Python can be used to create pretty much any type of application, from data mining to web applications to running embedded systems.

Rallying that army requires a significant amount of ... and contribute to the development of the Python programming language accordingly. Core development and packaging – which Jodlowska says ...

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It was one of the world’s most versatile programming languages, dubbed the Swiss army knife of the Internet. But compared to its rival Python, Perl has faded from popularity. What happened to ...

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