Free-threaded Python is now officially supported, though using it remains optional. Here are four tips for developers getting ...

The CPython interpreter in Python 3.14 can use a feature in C code that uses tail calls between functions. When compiled with a C compiler that supports these features, CPython runs slightly faster.

CPython developers determined the leak is in PyEval_EvalFrameEx, which is used by Cython rather than Python, but is only present in Python 3.10 and earlier, but not Python 3.11 and later.

Core developer Łukasz Langa, who also acts as the release manager for Python 3.8 and 3.9, will be charged with the day-to-day stewardship of CPython, overseeing contributions to the programming ...

Python is also compiled — typically to CPython bytecode. PyXL takes that bytecode and translates it into a custom instruction set that’s executed in hardware.