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Python Is More Popular Than Ever
Credit: Elena Lacey
Python is one of the world's most popular programming languages, now more so than ever. Python climbed from third place to tie for second in the latest ranking of programming language popularity published by the analyst firm RedMonk. It's the first time that a language other than JavaScript, which remains number one in the firm's ratings, or Java, the other runner-up, has entered the top two since RedMonk started compiling its rankings in 2012.
That milestone is all the more significant given a sometimes rocky transition from the second version of Python, which the language's developers stopped supporting this year, to the third version.
Redmonk cofounder Stephen O'Grady cites Python's versatility as one reason for its ongoing popularity. Companies like Google, Dropbox, and Instagram all rely heavily on Python, as do countless smaller ventures. It also has a home in academia as the preferred data-crunching language of many scientists and mathematicians.
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