InfoWorld

Dropbox pulls the plug on faster Python project

Dropbox will cease development on Pyston, but the source code will be available for those who want to continue hacking on JIT-powered Python Pyston, Dropbox’s project to create a faster Python runtime ...
InfoWorld

Dropbox wants to speed up Python with Pyston 0.5

After months of silence, the Pyston project — a Dropbox-sponsored initiative to create a high-performance, JIT-compiling Python runtime — has announced a new version. The bad news: Pyston 0.5 is ...
ZDNet

Python programming language creator retires, saying: 'It's been an amazing ride'

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TechRepublic

How to write four million lines of Python: Lessons from Dropbox on using the programming language at scale

How type annotation and type checking helped Dropbox maintain a massive Python code base. While Python is a hugely popular programming language it has limitations, not least of which is how difficult ...