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 ...

A superset of Python that compiles to C, Cython combines the ease of Python with the speed of native code. Here's a quick guide to making the most of Cython in your Python programs. Python has a ...

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 ...