The aim of this project is to provide a Python 3.13 backport to Debian bookworm. Packages are of course much better manageable than compiling the source from scratch. In my opinion it is also more ...

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 ...

Python 3.11 introduced the Specializing Adaptive Interpreter. When the interpreter detects that some operations predictably involve the same types, those operations are “specialized.” The generic ...

I created a simple speed test to compare Python 3.12 to 3.11 (and 3.10 .. 3.5). The tests use a Monte Carlo Pi estimation. This is probably not the best workload for a full Python stress test.