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Programming @programming.dev sixfold @lemmy.sdf.org 1y ago

How Python dictionaries work

tenthousandmeters.com Python behind the scenes #10: how Python dictionaries work

Python dictionaries are an extremely important part of Python. Of course they are important because programmers use them a lot, but that's not the...

Nice article reviewing hash tables and how python dictionaries are implemented with them.

Python @programming.dev Jason Novinger @programming.dev 1y ago

How Python dictionaries work

tenthousandmeters.com /blog/python-behind-the-scenes-10-how-python-dictionaries-work/

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Good refresher on the topic and ineteresting gory details of CPython impl.

On another note, is Jython still a thing?
- Pretty sure Jython is, though not a Python 3 version. My exposure is as the scripting language, behind Java as the primary language, for Ghidra. And I hate it and installed Eclipse rather than deal with J/Python's shit.
- is Jython still a thing?
  
  No. (Source: I had to try to keep its zombie corpse shuffling along at my last job.)
  
  Oh, I see. It kind of makes sense. Who'd need Jython when GraalVM's out there nowadays!? Well, unless it's a legacy app 😬
I genuinely wonder why the downvotes?

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