Rust in CPython: Python 3.16 to bring optional Rust backend for zlib

The roadmap was already presented by David Hewitt, maintainer of the Rust binding PyO3, in July at the Python Language Summit ...
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Programming languages: Python is slow, but it’s about to get faster

Python is incredibly popular because it’s easy to learn, versatile, and has thousands of useful libraries for data science. But one thing it is not is fast. That’s about to change in Python 3.11, ...