Facebook researchers say they’ve developed what they call a neural transcompiler, a system that converts code from one high-level programming language like C++, Java, and Python into another.

I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s.. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

Java can handle large workloads, and even if it hits limitations, peripheral JVM languages such as Scala and Kotlin can pick up the slack. But in the world of data science, Java isn't always the go-to ...