#381: Python Perf: Specializing, Adaptive Interpreter

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We are on the edge of a major jump in Python performance. With the work done by the Faster CPython team and Python 3.11 due out in around a month, your existing Python code might see an increase of well over 25% in speed with no changes. One of the main reasons is its new specializing, adaptive interpreter. This episode is about that new feature and a great tool called Specialist which lets you visualize how Python is speeding up your code and where it can't unless you make minor changes. Its creator, Brandt Bucher is here to tell us all about.

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0:00.0	We're on the edge of a major jump in Python performance.
0:03.1	With the work done by the faster C-Python team and Python 311 due out in around a month,
0:08.8	your existing Python code might see an increase of well over 25% in speed with no changes to your code.
0:15.6	One of the main reasons is its new specializing adaptive interpreter.
0:19.8	This episode is about that new feature
0:21.8	and a great tool called Specialist,
0:24.0	which lets you visualize how Python is speeding up your code
0:26.7	and where it can't unless you make minor changes.
0:29.4	Its creator, Brand Booger, is here to tell us all about it.
0:32.4	This is Talk Python to Me, episode 381,
0:35.1	recorded September 15th, 2022.
0:37.1	Thank you. Me, Episode 381, recorded September 15th, 2022.
0:53.0	Welcome to Talk Python, a weekly podcast on Python.
0:54.7	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
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