Chapter
The Importance of Third Party Packages and Standard Libraries
2:33:08 - 2:42:19 (09:10)
The episode discusses the evolution and advantages of third party packages compared to standard libraries in Python, highlighting how the former evolves much faster than the latter. It also discusses the absence of new syntactical features, modules and built-in functions from recent versions of standard libraries, with a focus on the occasional 'spring cleans' which remove modules that have remained unchanged for a significant amount of time.
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Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, talks about the challenges of transitioning to a new version of the programming language, how to manage the process and the potential impact on the Python ecosystem.
2:33:08 - 2:35:45 (02:36)
Summary
Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, talks about the challenges of transitioning to a new version of the programming language, how to manage the process and the potential impact on the Python ecosystem.
ChapterThe Importance of Third Party Packages and Standard Libraries
Episode#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speakers discuss the possibility of a No-Gil mode becoming the default in Python 4.0 and how it would impact extension developers.
2:35:47 - 2:39:35 (03:47)
Summary
The speakers discuss the possibility of a No-Gil mode becoming the default in Python 4.0 and how it would impact extension developers.
ChapterThe Importance of Third Party Packages and Standard Libraries
Episode#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The absence of certain features in the standard library results in the creation of third party packages that evolve more rapidly.
2:39:36 - 2:42:19 (02:42)
Summary
The absence of certain features in the standard library results in the creation of third party packages that evolve more rapidly. While a thriving ecosystem of such packages is desirable, it would be nice if some of the less frequently changing modules in the standard library received more attention.