Python's optimizing compiler adds support for SIMD instructions to accelerate math, in the first of several major-league performance boosts PyPy, the Python compiler that boasts a massive speed ...

The latest update to PyPy (5.6), the just-in-time compiling runtime for Python, supplies the usual roster of bug fixes and incremental improvements. Its biggest changes, though, involve a ...

Nathaniel Smith envisions a future where just-in-time (JIT) compiler techniques will be commonly used in Python, especially for scientific computing. He presented his ideas on where things are headed ...

PyPy is a Python interpreter with a focus on performance; the project has just announced its 5.9 release. This version has full support for NumPy and Pandas in Python 2.7, along with many other ...