Python 3.13 is here and free, free of the GIL at last! Get started with the free-threaded build now. Also, find out why Anaconda is the leading Python distro for data science, explore a generative AI project written in Python, and discover flamegraphs in PyInstrument 5.0.
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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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