Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel processing ...

Python 3.13 has been released with a slight delay on the home straight. The new interactive shell aims to make development more convenient. In addition, the global interpreter lock can now be ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When language architects designed Python, they couldn’t conceive of a world where computers had ...

Python has been plagued by performance, app packaging, and project management issues for years. Finally, help is on the way While Python has been around 30 years, only in the last few years has its ...