This (half-) month in Python and elsewhere: Python 3.13’s “no-GIL” or “free-threaded” version is out, and you can try it right now! Also, explore the ins and outs of Anaconda’s Python distribution for data science and get cracking on a Python-powered generative AI project—if you can choose just one.
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Get started with the free-threaded build of Python 3.13
True multithreading in Python is here at last! Now, you just need to make it work in your programs.
Life without Python’s ‘dead batteries’
Python 3.13 cleaned house, including removing a bunch of end-of-life standard library offerings. Here’s how to replace the ones you still need.