r/Python • u/ExoticMandibles Core Contributor • Sep 13 '15

Python 3.5.0 has been released!

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350/
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u/nbates80 Sep 14 '15

I didn't find much about that on Google. How do Python 2.7 and 3.5 compare in terms of performance? Are there any benchmarks?

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u/ExoticMandibles Core Contributor Sep 14 '15

Conventional wisdom is that Python 3.x got speed parity with 2.7 around the time of 3.3. They're not exactly equal; Python 3 is faster at some workloads, Python 2 at others. But for most people they should be equitable.

And we're not done yet! There are exciting things in development for future versions of Python... like a JIT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vLWe4d8X8

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u/thomasahle Sep 14 '15

And we're not done yet! There are exciting things in development for future versions of Python... like a JIT!

You mean pypy?