This is how C++ and Java came to supplant Pascal, a popular language for teaching programming in the 1980s. Python possesses a mix of qualities that makes it a good candidate for universities.

According to SlashData, there are now 8.2 million developers in the world who code using Python and that population is now larger than those who build in Java, who number 7.6 million.

This story is from March 23, 2018 Python replaces C++, Java in new CBSE curriculum Ram Sundaram / TNN / Updated: Mar 23, 2018, 07:58 IST AA Follow us ...

The Tiobe Index top 10 for November 2020: C, with a rating of 16.21 percent Python, 12.12 percent Java, 11.68 percent C++, 7.6 percent C#, 4.67 percent Visual Basic, 4.01 percent JavaScript, 2.03 ...

Software Industry programming python Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years The victory doesn't necessarily indicate it's the best, though ...

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 ...