By simply creating a variable named list we broke the access to the list function. Even though there are other ways of accessing it (e.g. __builtins__.list() ), we should avoid this kind of name.

Why making Python faster isn’t easy. Python’s performance has little to do with being an interpreted language, as opposed to one compiled ahead of time to native machine code.

I had been learning Python for a few weeks when, in January, 2019, I stumbled upon a Reddit post in r/learnpython seeking suggestions on how to become a better programmer.. One of the comments asked ...