Why Python is considered the top programming ... it as a web language only. Node [an open-source JavaScript Runtime environment] has given us the ability to write server-side code in JavaScript ...

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 ...

Here's how each could win out -- and how Python ... server-side development as well. How it’s a challenge: Writing code in Swift is a frictionless experience, more akin to a scripting language ...