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		dralley on May 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL 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-developer...

waygood on May 12, 2022 | [–]

Microsoft has also been funding a team to work full-time on making Python faster: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/21/05/17/0225252/micro...

di on May 12, 2022 | [–]

Łukasz Langa now works full time on CPython via the PSF's Developer in Residence program.

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/07/ukasz-langa-is-inaugura...

dralley on May 12, 2022 | [–]

Good to hear!

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