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CPython: bytecode and the interpreter loop

What actually runs when you run Python: the compiler turns source into a code object of bytecode, and a single C evaluation loop executes it on a stack machine, one frame per call. Covers code objects, the dis module, the value stack, frames, and the adaptive specializing interpreter.

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CPython: bytecode and the interpreter loop

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