Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.

94% of top PyPI packages feature native Windows on Arm support

Anaconda now hosts 2,500 Arm packages, while NumPy and SciPy publish native wheels to aid data scientists migrating off ...
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Microsoft brings native Python support to Windows on Arm PCs

Python 3.15 brings native Arm64 support to Windows on Arm, with 94% package compatibility and new GitHub Actions runners.
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Progress on no-GIL CPython

Back at the end of July, the Python steering council announced its intention to approve the proposal to make the global interpreter lock (GIL) optional over the next few Python releases. The details ...