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Article is mostly fine, but the author does some effort to mention CPython-specific things, but not consistently, making it a bit of a confusing read for when y
by stinos 7y ago
Article is mostly fine, but the author does some effort to mention CPython-specific things, but not consistently, making it a bit of a confusing read for when you've worked with different Python implementations at the implementation level (C in my case). E.g. Each object contains at least three pieces of data: Reference count well, in CPython yes but not in implementations which use mark and sweep GC.
- randomvectors 7y agoSomewhat unrelated to the article, but I'm curious - how commonly and for what purposes are other implementations used for?
- stinos 7y agoMicroPython [0] for instance gets mainly used on microcontrollers. Hard to tell how common it is, but it definitely gained some traction, also runs on the micro:bit [1] which gets used for teaching. Which isn't surprising: Python is easier for beginners than C. i don't know about other implementations though. [0] https://github.com/micropython/micropython/ https://github.com/micropython/micropython/ [1] https://www.microbit.org/ https://www.microbit.org/