Widely-used Python has now overtaken JavaScript as the programming language developers are most likely to have questions about on knowledge-sharing site Stack Overflow.

Anyway, the final black swan for Python is the assumption that Python code distribution doesn't matter, which in Szorc's words, could be an "existential threat" to the language's longevity.

What is common between Netflix, Google, Uber, Spotify, Apple and Microsoft? All these giants of their industries believe the answer to the question "What is the future of Python?" is that it is ...