Core Python (CPython) developer Mark Shannon shared details about the project to make Python faster at the PyCon 2022 conference this week, where developers also showed off progress on the goal of ...

Overview The right Python libraries can dramatically improve speed, efficiency, and maintainability in 2025 ...

For all of Python’s great and convenient features, one goal remains out of reach: Python apps running on the CPython reference interpreter and using multiple CPU cores in parallel. This has long ...

Guido van Rossum, who created popular programming language Python 30 years ago, has outlined his ambitions to make it twice as fast – addressing a key weakness of Python compared to faster ...

Most people put up with this tardiness because of its flexibility and easiness to learn. All of that could be about to change, however, according to Core Python (CPython) developer Mark Shannon.

Core Python developer Victor Stinner, in a presentation about how Python features are deprecated over time, touched on some of the ways Python’s internals are being cleaned up and future-proofed.

Finally, a book good enough to be both a textbook and a reference on the Python language now exists. Part of Prentice Hall's PTR Core Series, this book works well as a first Python textbook for ...