top | item 43595542 (no title) davvid | 11 months ago The article didn't mention Python's atomic refcounts. They're very bad for cache usage as they're constantly invalidating cache. discuss order hn newest quotemstr|11 months ago The only version of Python that uses atomic reference counting is the very new free threaded version. senderista|11 months ago Non-atomic refcounts invalidate cache as well, they're just not as expensive.
quotemstr|11 months ago The only version of Python that uses atomic reference counting is the very new free threaded version.
senderista|11 months ago Non-atomic refcounts invalidate cache as well, they're just not as expensive.
quotemstr|11 months ago
senderista|11 months ago