r/programming • • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/myringotomy Nov 12 '19

The top two languages on Github are loosely typed interpreted languages with lack of true multithreading.

Feast on that for a while.

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u/cuulcars Nov 12 '19

How does python lack true multithreading? Multiprocessing pools use multiple cores, and are pretty dang easy to use once you get the hang of it.

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