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How CPython Internals Shape Python's Semantics

Видео с мероприятий {speach! · Talk · YouTube title: How Python was Shaped by leaky Internals, Armin Ronacher, Flask framework
Why it's here

It is HN's standard answer to why Python cannot easily get much faster, and is recommended by people who work on JITs and alternative runtimes.

What it covers

Armin Ronacher, creator of Flask, explains how CPython's internals and C API leak into the language's semantics. Using examples like the complexity of the add operation, he shows why Python is hard to optimize or reimplement.