Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel processing ...

Think it's complex to connect your Python program to the UNIX shell? Think again! In past articles, I've looked into concurrency in Python via threads (see "Thinking Concurrently: How Modern Network ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When language architects designed Python, they couldn’t conceive of a world where computers had ...

Cloud computing platforms have become very important in recent years for a wide variety of purposes, from serving websites through to scientific analysis, and the BBC has been an enthusiastic adopter ...

PyApp seems to be taking the Python world by storm, providing long-awaited click-and-run Python distribution. For developers ...