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Python 2.3 Final Released

Posted by timothy on from the new-snake-in-town dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nineteen months in the making, Python 2.3 has just been released. With a plethora of changes since version 2.2, this release is definately worth the upgrade. Be sure to read the Release Notes and the Highlights file for more information."

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  1. Re:Its 20-30% faster !! by ansible · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Out by an order of magnitude, and not getting closer any time soon. Last I checked, it's out by a factor of 100 or so for small operations (loops, etc)

    Well, regular Python code can see some dramatic speedups, with just a little bit of extra work. Check out Psyco if you firmly believe that interpreted languages will never ever be as fast as C.

    With sufficient cleverness, it may be possible to boost Python beyond the speed of the most highly optimized pre-compiled program.

    Psyco and approaches like it do have drawbacks, but there is some very interesting work going on now with high-level languages.