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Re:Meta pledges Three-Year sponsorship for Python if GIL rem... by __jem on Saturday July 08, 2023 @05:43PM (#36649075)
I mean, Java seems like a pretty good alternative? Obviously it's trivially true that programmers have to care about versions, but they've done miracles in the VM without breaking compatibility.
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Re:Meta pledges Three-Year sponsorship for Python if GIL rem... by funnymony on Saturday July 08, 2023 @06:08PM (#36649269)
8 to 11 needed changes in application code.
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Re:Meta pledges Three-Year sponsorship for Python if GIL rem... by AlphaSite on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:24PM (#36651204)
It’s not the only time, the way string slicing worked also broke a lot of performance grantees.
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