Python’s float type is a natural first step to represent monetary amounts in the code. Almost all platforms map Python floats to IEEE-754 “double precision”. Doubles contain 53 bits of precision. When the machine is trying to represent the fractional part... (more…)

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open and Python TL;DR: Misusing Python’s open and the interaction of CPython’s GC and UNIX semantics can lead to unexpected results! (more…)

Every programming language aims to be performant and Python is no exception. In this essay, we dive deep into Python internals and find out how Python makes its interpreter performant using a technique called Constant Folding. (more…)