Guido van Rossum, the creator of the hugely popular Python programming language, has given his thoughts on the language for the browser, mobile devices, and upcoming rivals like Julia.

Programming languages: Why Python 4.0 might never arrive, according to its creator Your email has been sent In a Q&A, Python programming language creator Guido van Rossum said it was "almost taboo ...

That’s why most modern programming languages use static scoping. Python tried to transition to static scoping, but messed it up. Usually, inner scopes — for example functions within functions ...