Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...

Python’s slice syntax lets you specify which part of a list to carve off and how to manipulate the carved-off portion. You saw above how to use the bracket notation to get a single item from a ...

Swift is fast: According to Apple's figure, Swift blows Python and Objective-C out of the water when it comes to tasks such as complex object sort and RC4 encryption.

Swift is the "most adored" language atop the learning list among Mac developers, according to a new survey, followed by Go, Ruby and Python. Among languages in current use, the ubiquitous JavaScript ...

Apple's Swift has far-reaching effects on all platforms, not just iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. Learn why Swift matters, how to use the programming language and how it differs from Objective-C.

Swift will use the same LLVM compiler and runtime as Apple’s Objective-C ... Xcode’s debugging console now also supports Swift syntax natively. ... which is 2.8x faster than the Python version.