I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

SEE: Hiring Kit: Python developer (TechRepublic Premium) Python shows a 2.27% rise over its position a year ago, which contrasts with a decline of -4.47% for Java over the same period.

While Python still gets top billing when it comes to developing for AI, Java proponents see the nearly 30-year-old Java programming language ready to take charge in the AI field.

JetBrains asked developers to pick up to three languages they consider their primary programming language. In this context, JavaScript comes out on top (39%), followed Java (37%), and Python (31%).

"Python and R are both open source and free to use, giving them both a rich ecosystem and plenty of support from academic communities." Java developers who plan to explore data science calculation may ...

And demand for TypeScript, Swift, Scala, Kotlin, and Go skills all exceed supply, according to CodinGame-CoderPad tech hiring report. JavaScript, Java, and Python skills are most in-demand by ...

The Visual Studio Code dev team was apparently on to something when it went all in on Python several years ago: It's poised to upend perennial No. 2 Java in the popular TIOBE Index of programming ...