Rust in CPython: Python 3.16 to bring optional Rust backend for zlib

The roadmap was already presented by David Hewitt, maintainer of the Rust binding PyO3, in July at the Python Language Summit ...
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Microsoft reports that 94% of the top PyPI packages now natively support Windows on Arm.

According to tech media Neowin today, Python 3.15 was released last week. Microsoft has now announced encouraging pro ...

Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.
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Microsoft brings native Python support to Windows on Arm PCs

Python 3.15 brings native Arm64 support to Windows on Arm, with 94% package compatibility and new GitHub Actions runners.
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Eventual Rust in CPython

Emma Smith and Kirill Podoprigora, two of Python's core developers, have opened a discussion about including Rust code in CPython, the reference implementation of the Python programming language.
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Programming languages: Python is slow, but it’s about to get faster

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, ...
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CPython without a global interpreter lock

PEP 703 ("Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython") was posted back in January, then revised in May. It proposes creating a second build of CPython using a new build configuration ...