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 has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

PyPy is a drop-in replacement for the stock Python interpreter, and it runs many times faster on some Python programs. Python has earned a reputation for being powerful, flexible, and easy to work ...

Faster Python programming: How these developers built Pyston, and where it goes next Your email has been sent Python implementation Pyston aims to speed up the programming language's code for web ...

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, ...

But in many cases, it doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition. Properly optimized, Python applications can run with surprising speed — perhaps not Java or C fast, but fast enough for Web ...