The global interpreter lock is both a key component of the Python runtime and a major obstacle to multithreading. These are the plans to get around it or get rid of it.

Others include Python, Scala, Ceylon and Groovy. JavaScript that runs in the browser can be categorized as an interpreted language, with the browser being the interpreter. The blurred interpreted vs.

Drop support for Python 2.6 and older as it’s far easier to migrate from Python 2.7, and if you have to run Python 2.6, look into using the six library for compatibility with Python 3.