PyPy: Faster Python With Minimal Effort

 By realpython - 2020-12-28

Description

In this tutorial, you'll learn how you can use PyPy to improve the speed of your applications. You'll see how PyPy compares with other Python implementations like CPython and learn about features that ...

Summary

  • Python is one of the most popular programming languages among developers, but it has certain limitations.
  • Now, you may be wondering why CPython doesn’t implement PyPy’s awesome features if they use the same syntax.
  • Also, since it’s very confusing to use the same word for both the framework and the implementation, the team behind PyPy decided to move away from this double usage.
  • The framework is referred to as the RPython translation toolchain.

 

Topics

  1. Coding (0.29)
  2. NLP (0.1)
  3. Management (0.08)

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