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256 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 16 May 25 09:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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pjmlp ◴[16 May 25 12:27 UTC] No.44004601[source]▶
On the other news, Microsoft dumped the whole faster Python team, apparently the 2025 earnings weren't enough to keep the team around.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mdboom_its-been-a-tough-coupl...

Lets see whatever performance improvements still land on CPython, unless other company sponsors the work.

I guess Facebook (no need to correct me on the name) is still sponsoring part of it.

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vlovich123 ◴[16 May 25 14:40 UTC] No.44006075[source]▶
That’s unfortunate but I called it when people were claiming that Microsoft had committed to this effort for the long term.
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1. mtzaldo ◴[16 May 25 14:44 UTC] No.44006127[source]▶
Could we do a crowdfunding campaign so we can keep paying them? The whole world is/will benefit from their work.