PyPy, an alternative runtime for Python, uses a specially created JIT compiler to yield potentially massive speedups over CPython, the conventional Python runtime. But PyPy’s exemplary performance has ...

The Python community is chewing over a new idea: allowing the C-based reference implementation, CPython, to incorporate Rust. It's only at the "pre-PEP" stage, but it's already sparked lively debate.

An experimental ‘no-GIL’ build mode in Python 3.13 disables the Global Interpreter Lock to enable true parallel execution in Python. Here’s where to start. The single biggest new feature in Python ...

Users who don't have a github login are instructed to report issues to docs@python.org. I meant to do some triaging before converting the mails to GH issues, but always had something more important to ...

The final goal is to train contributors to promote them to CPython core developers. That's the long term goal. The short term goal is to fill the gap in the current devguide between "compile/install ...

Summit received numerous topic proposals from Python core developers as well as from members of the wider Python community, all are very interesting and important. The next version of the standard ...

The upcoming release of Python 3.11 focuses on performance. Improvements will be realized by the Faster CPython project. The release notes of the upcoming version indicate drastic performance ...

Language Summit Python creator Guido van Rossum this week told attendees at the Language Summit that he hopes to double performance in version 3.11. The programming language is relatively slow in its ...