Python is often described as a “glue language,” meaning it can let disparate code (typically libraries with C language interfaces) interoperate. Its use in data science and machine learning is ...

For areas where R or another alternative might be first choice, Wang suggests Python’s history as a great glue language means that “maybe someone will build a nice Python wrapper to expose a ...

Python was the first general-purpose language I’d ever used that reversed ... as well as providing the glue between them. Every [computer-generated] image we create has involved Python somewhere ...

Python is a powerful, opinionated and idiosyncratic scripting language, loved (and hated) by programmers the world over for its style, syntax and attention to whitespace. It excels as a “glue ...

As a close corollary, Python has also always been great as a glue language. As RedMonk analyst Rachel Stephens has stressed, “In that sense, it makes a lot of sense for enterprises to invest in ...

O'Grady compared Python to Perl in its heyday because Python has become a "language of first resort" and the "glue" for thousands of small projects, while enjoying high adoption in growing ...

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular ... because it has become a "language of first resort" and the "glue" for thousands of small projects, while enjoying high ...

“I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python, a programming ...

The Python ecosystem thrives on diversity but is often tangled with complexity. As a language that frequently serves as glue code, Python faces unique challenges in supporting packages with intricate ...

In fact, it’s more so than ever. Python climbed from third place to tie for second in the latest ranking of programming language popularity published by the analyst firm RedMonk. It’s the ...