But Python faces at least one big obstacle to its future growth as a programming language. It’s called the GIL, the global interpreter lock, and Python developers have been trying to remove it ...

Formal plans for a Python that supports true parallelism are finally on the table. Here’s how a GIL-free Python will finally come together.

Removing a Specific Index From a String in Python. The Python programming language serves as a flexible platform for desktop and Web development. Part of Python's ease of use comes from its ...

Body camera video from the Lee County Sheriff's Office shows a deputy picking up a python found on a family's pool deck in Lehigh Acres on July 5.

Watch: Australian vets extract beach towel from python Warning: Disturbing images. Watch as Australian veterinarians pull an entire beach towel from the belly of a family's pet python.

An Australian reptile wrangler responded to a Queensland home where a massive coastal carpet python was found hiding inside a resident's barbecue grill.

A conservation group in Florida announced Monday that its team of python trackers has removed more than 20 tons of the giant, invasive snakes.

Guido van Rossum, the "Benevolent Dictator For Life" of Python, has had enough and is walking away from leading the popular open-source language.

Help support efforts to research and remove threat of Burmese pythons in Florida Python is beyond the ability of one single entity to grapple ...

More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in prize money.