By Serdar Yegulalp With the first beta release of Python 3.6 out in the wild, most of the discussion has been about additions like a new string-literal format or the “secrets” module …read more Source:: OpenSource
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Baidu open-sources Python-driven machine learning framework
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Many of the latest machine learning and data science tools purport to be easy to work with compared to previous generations of such frameworks and libraries. Chinese search engine …read more Source:: OpenSource
New Lever language builds on Python’s convenience, aims for PyPy speeds
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Lever, a new open source programming language now in its 0.8.0 release, may be inspired by Python, but it doesn’t intend to be limited by it. Lever’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
PyPy directs Mozilla money to Python 3 support
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•By Serdar Yegulalp PyPy, the Python implementation that uses an optimizing compiler for speed, has been awarded $200,000 as part of Mozilla’s Open Source Support initiative. According to a blog post …read more Source:: OpenSource
Pyston and PyPy chart different courses to a faster Python
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•By Serdar Yegulalp What’s the best way to achieve the dream of a fast and fleet Python implementation? Depends on whom you’re asking. If you’re Dropbox, creators of the burgeoning Pyston project, you …read more Source:: OpenSource
Python gains functional programming syntax via Coconut
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Unikernel power comes to Java, Node.js, Go, and Python apps
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•By Serdar Yegulalp An open source project sponsored by EMC allows applications written in C/C++, Java, Go, Node.js, and now Python to be transformed into unikernels — operating systems that do nothing but …read more Source:: OpenSource
Q&A: Guido van Rossum on Python’s next steps
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•By Paul Krill There’s no doubt that Python, a 25-year-old open source, object-oriented dynamic language, has become a major tool for software developers in recent years. They love its programmer-friendliness, as well …read more Source:: OpenSource
Dropbox wants to speed up Python with Pyston 0.5
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•By Serdar Yegulalp After months of silence, the Pyston project — a Dropbox-sponsored initiative to create a high-performance, JIT-compiling Python runtime — has announced a new version. The bad news: Pyston 0.5 is …read more Source:: OpenSource
Python 3, Ruby, Rust, and JavaScript algorithms are now welcome on Algorithmia
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Algorithmia, a marketplace for building algorithms and monetizing them as APIs, has added support for four widely used languages: JavaScript, Python 3, Rust, and Ruby. When it originally launched …read more Source:: OpenSource