Meet our newest member of the core developer team, Savannah! Currently at Snowflake, she also worked with development tools at Docker and Microsoft, but also flew drones over forests. In terms of CPython, Savannah works on argparse and the JIT,
How does Python handle memory? Why does it need to perform custom forms of memory allocation? We talk about all that in this episode. We don't talk about Easter eggs, and we never mention Brandt by name, as promised last time!## Timestamps(
Over 40 core developers spent a week in Bellevue WA putting finishing touches on Python 3.13, planning, prototyping, and implementing features for Python 3.14. We talked to half of them. We laughed, we cried. We were happy watching graphs go up
We’ve been gone all Summer, visiting two European conferences in the mean time. In this episode we’re talking about them both, talks we liked, as well as our own talks at those events. In a rare turn of events, this one was recorded in person a
In this lucky episode we're interviewing fellow core developer Brandt Bucher to talk about Justin, Swedish warships, and the n-body benchmark. We're also breaking the duration record with this one. We promise we'll get faster in future releases
You think you know Python? We thought so, too. Join us for an episode of surprises. You might know some of those, but you sure don't know all of them.## Outline(00:00:00) INTRO(00:02:22) Integer interning with a twist(00:10:58) Return in
Who says we can't do short episodes? Well, it was a challenge! But with the help of some gentle conference schedule pressure, here's our first sub-hour episode. We're discussing the language summit, answering audience questions, and behaving li
Oof, no episode in April, huh? Yeah, we're getting close to Python 3.13 beta 1. PyCon US is also coming up real soon. Let's use this opportunity then to talk about a feature we're teaming up on: a better interactive interpreter!## Outline(0
Let's talk about the Steering Council, running a small consultancy business, the Walrus, and pet peeves with our special guest today!## Outline(00:00:00) INTRO(00:00:56) PART 1: Emily Morehouse(00:02:15) Running a small consultancy bus
The suspense was killing us! OK, the old parser was then... but what about NOW? We're finally answering this question... in more detail than you dared to ask for. PEG, memoization, funky secrets, and how a certain auto-formatter self-inflicted
Context-free grammars, non-deterministic finite automatons, left-to-right leftmost derivations... what even is all that?! Today we're talking about how Python parses your source code. We start gently with how this worked in the past. Come liste
Happy New Year! In this episode we're talking about exceptions, how they work, and how they evolved. Expect the unexpected.# Timestamps(00:00:00) INTRO(00:01:43) How does a 'try' block work?(00:04:00) How many 'try' blocks can you fit
This time we're hosting a special guest: Carl Meyer from Meta. What is Cinder, how does it work, and how does it intersect with the future of Python 3? Find out in today's episode. 100% serious stuff!# Timestamps(00:00:00) INTRO(00:00:53)
What makes Python an interpreter? Today we're talking about ceval.c, the wonders of frame evaluation, and how it changed over the years.# Timestamps(00:00:00) INTRO(00:00:59) BACK TO PYTHON 2.6(00:02:53) Stack virtual machine(00:04:41
What happens when you type “import abc”? Why does it say the module is frozen? What significant changes landed in Python in the past two weeks? And why does the “PR of the Week” jingle go so hard? Find out in this week’s episode!# Timestamps
We've read the PEP on making the Global Interpreter Lock optional so you don't have to.Timestamps(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:50) CURRENT STATE OF THINGS(00:00:58) Reference counting(00:01:35) Garbage collection(00:02:33) What is the Global I
In this first episode Pablo and Łukasz talk about what happened in at the 2023 Cpython Core Developer sprint. Join us and learn from our ramblings about a possible new CPython new JIT compiler, how we are making the REPL easier, what in the wor