level: 1. category desc: Deep dives into CS fundamentals, system internals or core ideas
fundamentals
TL;DR: Heaps are where a Python program stores its data. Stacks are where the computations happen. This post breaks down what happens in RAM when Python runs a simple script. The Script: name = "Eli" x = 2 + 3 y = sorted([name, x]) Step 1: python script.py When
fundamentals
TL;DR: I've been working with Python for three years now. It took a deep dive into stacks, heaps, python.exe, and bytecode to finally get the internal structure of every script I write. Under the hood, Python does its work using stacks built in RAM. python.exe