Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

Python is incredibly popular because it's easy to learn, versatile, and has thousands of useful libraries for data science. But one thing it is not is fast. That's about to change in Python 3.11, ...

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 to ...

Powerful, flexible, and programmer-friendly, Python is widely used for everything from web development to machine learning. By the two most-cited measures, Python has even surpassed the likes of Java ...