As Python’s popularity rises, its limitations are becoming more clear. For one thing, it can be very hard to write a Python application and distribute it to people who don’t have Python installed. The ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

When running a Python program, the interpreter compiles the program to custom Python bytecode — instructions for a high-level stack-based virtual machine. This is a big speed advantage because the ...

Any developer knows there's no such thing as a perfect programming language. Each has upsides and downsides that should be carefully considered, depending on what's needed for a particular software ...