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Armin Ronacher - A Python for Future Generations

EuroPython Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Python, Ruby & scripting languagesSoftware performance & optimizationProgramming language design

What it is

Armin Ronacher's EuroPython 2017 keynote examining how the CPython interpreter's leaky abstractions affect language design and how Python could evolve, drawing on JavaScript and Rust experience.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended for explaining why Python is hard to optimize and the limits of making it fast.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend the two videos posted here that go into more detail as to why there are limits to how far optimisation can go”

    Details why there are limits to how far Python optimisation can go.

    arc776, 2020-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Attempts to make Python fast”

  2. “This is a good talk about how subtle or crufty the semantics of something like”

    Explains the subtle, crufty semantics of Python operations that hinder optimization.

    chubot, 2017-10 · Recommendation · in “Why Python is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014)”

  3. “I found interesting a couple of talks by Python veteran Armin Ronacher”

    Talk by Python veteran Armin Ronacher on Python's design and future.

    ssivark, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Python Is Eating the World”

  4. “I found the following talks by Armin Romacher very informative on these topics”

    Informative on the C API and why Python is harder to speed up than JS.

    ilyagr, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “Attempts to make Python fast”

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Topics: armin ronacher, python, cpython, performance, c api

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