Exploring Python Bytecode

For the past month or so, I’ve been trying to understand what appears to be a black art mostly because of lacking documentation – Python bytecode generation and peephole optimization. Some notes from the study for the benefit of IRC-mate ‘jstatm’ and anyone else living on similar planes of insanity.

Filed under: Open Source, Programming, Python

Guido on the GIL

Juergen Brendel who commented on my post, about the Global Interpreter Lock, wrote a open letter pleading Guido to consider removing the GIL. Guido gave a seasoned response on his blog today – Anyone willing to do the hard work is free to submit a patch for Py3K AND prove that it does not affect single threaded performance. A fair call on Guido’s part and very generous of him to respond to yet-another-rant-about-the-GIL.

Filed under: Programming, Python, Rants