Python 3.13 introduced the first public, if experimental, “free-threaded” or “no-GIL” builds of the language, which we’ll call “3.13t.” 3.13t allows CPU-bound Python threads to run with true ...

While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...

Compilers are a bit like Florida election officials: They’re suddenly in the spotlight after years of relative anonymity. The reason for the attention is the arrival of fast and complex 64-bit ...