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Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings. It's the ...

While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...

Google's unofficial new project uses LLVM to generate language wrappers for C++ libraries and has Python as the first of many possible targets Fans of C++ praise its power and speed, but even they ...