Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

With Python’s built-in timeit module, you can measure the performance of your functions or lines of code in one easy step By design, Python puts convenience, readability, and ease of use ahead of ...

PyPy is a drop-in replacement for the stock Python interpreter, and it runs many times faster on some Python programs. Python has earned a reputation for being powerful, flexible, and easy to work ...

Guido van Rossum, who created popular programming language Python 30 years ago, has outlined his ambitions to make it twice as fast – addressing a key weakness of Python compared to faster languages ...