While its ubiquity, longevity, and presence in many back-office systems might make some engineers think of COBOL, 30 years ...

C is frequently compared to C++, the language ... for many jobs on modern hardware, Python is fast enough, and that has been key to its uptake. Another major difference is memory management.

Python's rise among developers ... with Google over its use of Java in Android. Other languages with many millions of active developers include C#, C and C++, which popped up to third place ...

Objectively, it’s true. Python programs generally run much more slowly than corresponding programs in C/C++ or Java. Some Python programs will be slower by an order of magnitude or more.

Python: A general-purpose programming language commonly used for back-end development and data science. A good programming language for beginners. C++ ... to the C and Java language families.