SEE: Programming languages: Python is on the verge of another big step forward Python's move to top spot on the Tiobe index was a result of other languages falling in searches rather than Python ...

Open-source programming ... big breaking changes is that former devotees of a language simply switch to a modern alternative. "The moment you say, 'Could we do this really cool version of Python ...

Python is used for tasks big and small by professional ... Stack Overflow relative to other programming languages reflects the huge growth in Python users. Image: Stack Overflow So how did Python ...

Image: iStock/monsitj As data ... data science problems are Python and R. Both programming languages are open source with big communities. But, Python and R also bring their own unique strengths ...

When it comes to analyzing big data, software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind. But at least one company, AppNexus, also relies on the Python programming ...