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Inside The Python Virtual Machine

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This books provides a description of the CPython virtual machine and how it executes Python code

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Inside The Python Virtual Machine13 chapters

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  1. 1. Introduction

  2. 2. The View From 30,000ft

  3. 3. Compiling Python Source Code

  4. 4. Python Objects

  5. 5. Code Objects

  6. 6. Frame Objects

  7. 7. Interpreter and Thread States

  8. 8. Intermezzo: The abstract.c Module

  9. 9. The evaluation loop, ceval.c

  10. 10. The Block Stack

  11. 11. From Class code to bytecode

  12. 12. Generators: Behind the scenes.

  13. Notes