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Your Python cache can run the same work twice, even with the GIL. See the check-then-act race, the lru_cache gotcha, and how ...
Python trades runtime speed for programmer convenience, and most of the time it’s a good tradeoff. One doesn’t typically need the raw speed of C for most workaday applications. And when you need to ...