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Recording of Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals
Yesterday we concluded the live session on the internals of the CPython virtual machine (VM) or the bytecode interpreter implementation. This is the…
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What Happens When Python Starts Up? CPython Runtime Internals
CPython JIT Internals, Part 1: What is the Runtime and How is it initialized?
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Why Do Python Lists Multiply Oddly? Exploring the CPython Source Code
A look at the internals of list implementation in CPython to understand this weird quirk about them
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CPython Type System Internals: Video Series
A series of videos of me taking you through the CPython source code to explain its type system design & implementation
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Design of the CPython Type System
Understanding design is important before looking at implementation
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Emulating Inheritance and Polymorphism in C
Using struct embedding and function pointers to emulate inheritance and polymorphism in C
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Decoding PyObject and PyTypeObject in CPython
The foundation pieces of the CPython object system
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Implementation of the Float Built-in Type in CPython
Welcome to the last and final video of the CPython Type System Internals series. We will conclude by looking at the implementation of the float type in…
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A War Story About a Python, a Fork, a Cow, and a Bug
Or, why should you care about internals of your systems
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How Many Lines of C it Takes to Execute a + b in Python?
Understand the mechanics of dynamic dispatch implementation in CPython
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CPython Object System Internals: Understanding the Role of PyObject
Understand how objects are implemented in CPython and how CPython emulates Inheritance and Polymorphism in C using struct embedding
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How CPython Implements and Uses Bloom Filters for String Processing
Inside CPython's Clever Use of Bloom Filters for Efficient String Processing
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