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A Big Python Update Is Coming
Welcome back! Python is easily one of the most important programming languages right now, if you’re new to Python, check out the link below to learn more about it:
A big Python update is right around the corner, this is specifically with Python 3.11, what’s so big about it? It’s actually the speed improvements that this new version of Python actually brings! The other day, the Python team showcased some improvements with Python 3.11 in their documentation page below:
https://docs.python.org/3.11/whatsnew/3.11.html#faster-cpython
Within this documentation update, they mention that CPython is now 25% faster than before! specifically when they measured the performance with the Pyperformance benchmarking suit. They mention that depending on the workload of your project, it could be anywhere from 10–60% faster!
They mention within this documentation page that previously, Python module execution looked like this:
In Python 3.11, Python module execution looks like this:
