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Back when Python was just an idea in Guido van Rossum’s mind, the World Wide Web was just being born, APIs were proprietary (if your application had one at all), and everyone was doing scripting in a brand new language called Perl.

Much has changed since then, including the Python language your dad or mom may have used.

The upcoming end-of-support deadline for Python 2 on January 1, 2020 means enterprises need to start thinking about the impact it will have on their existing Python applications.

Originally, Python 2 was used as a scripting alternative to Perl for things like configuration automation or else for creating web applications. But Python adoption didn’t really take off until its data science packages started becoming popular some 5-6 years ago.

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The 20th anniversary of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) brought a few surprises with it. The dominance of enterprise speakers and enterprise-driven open source projects was one of the most surprising.

This article was originally posted on Medium.

pol·y·glot

ˈpälēˌɡlät/

adjective

1. knowing or using several languages.

Polyglot has an expansive and complex meaning in software development; the term can be used to describe software programming as well as software environments. In this post I’ll tackle polyglot software environments.

This article was originally posted on Medium.

ActiveState recently launched the first feature of our new SaaS Platform for open source languages: Python Runtime Security. We sat down with ActiveState Chief Technology Officer and VP of Engineering, Scott Robertson, to answer questions about the new Platform and how it addresses the challenges of developing with open source languages.