Python often gets a bad rap in terms of performance. Critics often move the goal posts mid-discussion, either unintentionally or simply to get a rise out of Python developers. Here's a typical ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

Take dynamic typing as an example. It seems amazing at first: Python literally figures out by itself what sort of value a variable might take, and you don’t need to waste another line of code by ...

Overview: Prior knowledge of the size and composition of the Python dataset can assist in making informed choices in programming to avoid potential performance ...

Want to make a Python user grind their teeth? Just recite three words: Python is slow. In many of the ways that matter, it’s true. “Pure” Python, without external libraries written in C, is nowhere ...