C and C++ continue to dominate programming languages for embedded applications. However, they have lots of competition from alternatives like Javascript and Python. The latter is very popular for ...

For the first time in GitHub history, Python has overtaken JavaScript as the most popular programming language on the platform, with coders using the increasingly common language for AI development.

Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky—orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work. But several ...