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The Future of Python and the Painful Python 3 Transition
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The possibility of a future without the global interpreter lock (GIL) in CPython, thanks to an optimized fork created by a Facebook engineer, has been discussed. However, the painful transition to Python 3 has made the community and core development team wary of planning for a future Python 4.
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The debate between single-threaded and multi-threaded programming in Python continues as developers argue the benefits and drawbacks of shared object usage, concurrency bugs and performance optimization.
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The debate between single-threaded and multi-threaded programming in Python continues as developers argue the benefits and drawbacks of shared object usage, concurrency bugs and performance optimization.
ChapterThe Future of Python and the Painful Python 3 Transition
Episode#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The creation of Python 4.0 is not likely to happen anytime soon, and if it does happen, the transition will be handled differently than the Python 3 transition due to the pain it caused for users.
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The creation of Python 4.0 is not likely to happen anytime soon, and if it does happen, the transition will be handled differently than the Python 3 transition due to the pain it caused for users. The Python community’s painful memories of the Python 3 transition are one reason why there won’t be a Python 4.0, but if it were to happen, features that would necessitate the creation of a new version are still unclear.