There’s no question that Python is hugely popular with software developers, or that its popularity continues to rise. TIOBE, a software company that publishes a measure of the popularity of programming languages every month, reported in November that Python had climbed into the number two slot for the first time, passing Java.
This wasn’t the only indication of Python’s success, nor much of a surprise to the acolytes. Indeed, other rankings have also recorded Python’s ascent. The IEEE, for instance, rates languages according to their suitability — and in 2020 they put Python at the top of the list.
