“Tail calls” doesn’t mean that CPython, or the Python language, will now support tail call optimization. It refers to an optimization that a C compiler ... Nor does the new interpreter ...

The key approach detailed in PEP 659 is a "specializing, adaptive interpreter ... t address wider Python use cases. Another is PyPy, an implementation of CPython with a JIT compiler for faster ...

Python 3.13, the latest major release of the Python programming language, is now available. It introduces a revamped interactive interpreter with streamlined features like multi-line editing ...

Historically, there have been interpreters that didn’t use byte code, such as the BASIC interpreter that ... Ada, and Python. PL/I (Programming Language One) was designed in the mid-1960s ...