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Unlocking Performance in Python's Free-Threaded Future: GC Optimizations

Introduction The upcoming Python 3.14 release is packed with exciting features and improvements. A release candidate for 3.14 is now available. Regular Python users are encouraged to download and try it to ensure it is well tested before the final release. It contains significant improvements to the free-threaded version of Python, which allows Python to run without the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). Here at Quansight, I have implemented several optimizations to the garbage collector (GC) for this new Python build.

Software development

Python

fromThepythoncodingstack

1 month ago

When You No Longer Need That Object * Dealing With Garbage in Python

CPython automatically reclaims unused objects via garbage collection and calls __del__() as a finaliser just before object destruction.

Web development

fromSmashing Magazine

2 months ago

Handling JavaScript Event Listeners With Parameters - Smashing Magazine

JavaScript event listeners require proper management to prevent memory leaks.

Software development

fromInfoWorld

3 months ago

Rust 1.88 adds support for naked functions

Rust 1.88 introduces Boolean literals for better configuration clarity in predicates, and Cargo now supports automatic garbage collection of cached dependencies.

fromInfoQ

3 months ago

Java 25 Integrates Compact Object Headers with JEP 519

The enhancement addresses a long-standing inefficiency in Java's memory model where object headers can consume over 20% of heap space in applications with many small objects.

Java

Python

fromPyPy

3 months ago