Leverage your Python skill using the Python interpreter
FORMAT: TalkLEVEL: AdvancedLANGUAGE: English
In this talk, I'll challenge the audience's mindset about Python. Python is not an interpreter, and in fact, there are multiple Python interpreters—each with its own architecture and purpose. I'll walk through Python's core internals and show how programming languages interact beneath the surface.
We'll explore how to write better Python by understanding the garbage collector, what you can build using the AST, how to read and leverage the disassembler, and the practical implications of Python's transition from its old LL(1) parser to the current PEG parser.
We'll also dive into lesser-known features of Python interpreters, what a PEP really is and how it shapes the language, and conclude with a deep look at Python without the GIL—what changes, what breaks, and how the core team removed it.
Throughout the talk, I'll share personal stories, including battles caused by identical ASTs and the moment I believed I had discovered a way to speed up the Python interpreter itself but...
