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 ...

A beta of Python 3.14 is due in May. March 10 update: The original version of this article reported the speedup to CPython to be as high as 15% with the new interpreter. The CPython development ...

Formal plans for a Python that supports true parallelism are finally on the table. Here’s how a GIL-free Python will finally come together. After much debate, the Python Steering Council intends ...

Speed in the Core Python (CPython) is one of the reasons why other implementations have emerged, such as Pyston. Its lack of performance partly explains why Python has gravitated towards data ...

Python 3.11 is on average 1.25x faster than 3.10 due to the introduction of Faster CPython. Faster CPython is a Python acceleration project launched by Mark Shannon in 2020 with the goal of ...

courtesy of the Faster CPython Project. Though it is worth pointing out this likely only applies to pure Python code, and Python itself has never been the fastest programming language out there ...