Interactive Python modes are an easy way to learn new libraries. Scripting languages are easy to learn on their own because ...

On Halloween 2018 a developer filed an issue in the GitHub repo for the VS Code Python extension, asking for the ability for users to "spin up multiple 'Python Interactive' windows." In August 2020, ...

American cable net Discovery Channel has commissioned UK-based factual indie Icon Films to develop and produce the one-off special Man-Eating Python. The hour-long film (pictured) will feature ...

Python 3.13 has been released with a slight delay on the home straight. The new interactive shell aims to make development more convenient. In addition, the global interpreter lock can now be ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...