Linux owners configure makefiles so as to have easy commands to perform operations such as make dependencies to pip install required packages. Here are the dry simple steps to run makefiles in Python projects on Windows. Download git for windows. You shou... (more…)

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IntroductionIn this post, I want to look at the biggest strengths and weaknesses of Python, with more emphasis on the weaknesses, just because these problems have been there for years now and some of the rough edges bleed a lot. The Good – Where Python Sh... (more…)

Think COBOL is dead? About 95 percent of ATM swipes use COBOL code, Reuters reported in April, and the 58-year-old language even powers 80 percent of in-person transactions. In fact, Reuters calculates that there’s still 220 billion lines of COBOL code cu... (more…)