Why do people ... For Python versus other languages, the place where it really gets interesting is that the unit time per solution is lower than it is with languages like Java, C++ or C.

That’s why many people ... in Java, but Python lends itself better to this type of code. This lack of forced-paradigm makes Python more beginner-friendly and flexible, but so too do many of ...

Python's eclipse of Java would not be good news for Oracle, which paid $7.4bn for Sun Microsystems in 2009 and cited Java as the "most important software Oracle has ever acquired". The company has ...

You said every time you try to write something in Python, it is fast enough. Why is there criticism that it is too slow? Van Rossum: What people of course do is they ... by just not using certain ...