Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...

Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.

Twitter is preparing to launch several impressive new features, including a new streaming API that will give desktop client applications real-time access to the user's message timeline. The new ...