As soon as once more IEEE Spectrum has issued its annual rankings of the High Programming Languages.
This yr, Python doesn’t simply stay No. 1 in our basic “Spectrum” rating—which is weighted to replicate the pursuits of the everyday IEEE member—however it widens its lead. Python’s elevated dominance seems to be largely on the expense of smaller, extra specialised, languages. It has change into the jack-of-all-trades language—and the grasp of some, comparable to AI, the place highly effective and intensive libraries make it ubiquitous.
And though Moore’s Legislation is winding down for high-end computing, low-end microcontrollers are nonetheless benefiting from efficiency positive aspects, which implies there’s now sufficient computing energy obtainable on a US $0.70 CPU to make Python a contender in embedded growth, regardless of the overhead of an interpreter.
Python additionally appears to be like to be solidifying its place for the long run: Many youngsters and teenagers now program their first recreation or blink their first LED utilizing Python. They will then transfer seamlessly into extra superior domains, and even get a job, with the identical language.
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