Python's pow builtin does binary exponentiation, if your arguments are ints. If the arguments are longs or a intermediate or final result overflows it uses left-to-right binary exponentiation or ...

Take control of multiple Python installations in Windows with the py launcher, available as part of a standard Python installation.

Python has never been as speedy as C or Java, but several projects are in the works to get the lead out of the language.

After 11 years of supporting programming language Python from the 2.7 branch, the Python Software Foundation has released the last ever update for it and is urging users to move on to Python 3 to ...

Autopsies indicate two young boys, who RCMP say were killed by an African Rock Python, died of asphyxiation.

Eric Idle is struggling to see the bright side of his estrangement from John Cleese. In an interview on the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, the Monty Python star reflected on his public feud ...

Python is one of the most approachable languages to learn, thanks to its object-oriented-first approach and its minimal syntax. The standard library includes many useful modules that you can use to ...

Nick Paumgartem wrote an amusing blog in the New Yorker this week entitled the " Top Ten Two-Beer Arguments of 2010," listing, you guessed it, the 10 topics you could argue about over at least two ...

Among the outfits up for sale are Gilliam’s “I’ve Got Two Legs” costume and exploding stomach ... He acted in some of the most famous Python sketches, including Argument Clinic, Dead Parrot sketch, ...

A woman in Thailand says a massive python coiled around her in her kitchen and "only tightened" as she attempted to fight it off.