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I don't know if this is still true, but a few years ago there was only a single Python core developer that worked on it full time (Victor Stinner from Red Hat).
by dralley 4y ago
I don't know if this is still true, but a few years ago there was only a single Python core developer that worked on it full time (Victor Stinner from Red Hat). The rest were only able to devote somewhere between few hours to one day a week.
https://discuss.python.org/t/official-list-of-core-developers/924 https://discuss.python.org/t/official-list-of-core-developer...
- di 4y agoŁukasz Langa now works full time on CPython via the PSF's Developer in Residence program. https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/07/ukasz-langa-is-inaugural-cpython.html https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/07/ukasz-langa-is-inaugura...
- dralley 4y agoGood to hear!
- waygood 4y agoMicrosoft has also been funding a team to work full-time on making Python faster: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/21/05/17/0225252/microsoft-funds-a-team-with-guido-van-rossum-to-double-the-speed-of-python https://developers.slashdot.org/story/21/05/17/0225252/micro...