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Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

The top programming languages that developers want to learn next are Go and Python, according to a survey by developer skills-matching platform HackerRank.