Python is great because it includes an interactive mode for learning the language and quickly testing out code ideas. IPython ...

Sorting a list in Python is simple, and you have two options: In-place: Modifies the list. Out-of-place: Returns a new list and doesn't modify the original list. The sort method is in-place, and it ...

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 ...

Long in development, the new major release of the Python-to-C compiler sheds legacy Python support and readies Cython developers for big changes in Python.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

This post compares Python vs Java. What are the differences in terms of structure and design? Which is easier for beginners? And what can you do with them?

Python supports list comprehension. You can think of list comprehension syntax as being a kind of syntactic “sugar” that hides a bunch of function calls behind some pretty looking syntax.

Python has a nice clear “English-like” syntax that makes debugging and understanding code easier, while R has unconventional syntax that can be tricky to understand, especially if you have ...

Python 3 to the rescue: it’s no longer supported syntax if it’s ambiguous whether the import is supposed to be absolute or relative.

Python's performance falls short for some tasks versus other programming languages, but Python's syntax advantages still make it a compelling choice.