Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (October 21, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for October 21, 2023 :</p>
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Progress on No-GIL CPython
Summary: The Python Steering Council intends to approve the proposal to make the global interpreter lock (GIL) optional in the next few Python releases. Work on the feature is ongoing, with efforts to address ABI concerns and naming for the no-GIL version. The stable ABI is used by extensions to enable binary wheels to work with multiple CPython versions. Proposed changes aim to make extensions work with both types of CPython builds (GIL and no-GIL) from version 3.13 onwards.
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The Shortest Papers Ever Published
Summary: This blog post highlights the shortest papers ever published, including a two-sentence paper by Lander and Parkin on a conjecture by Euler and a two-word paper by Conway and Soifer containing two distinct proofs. It also mentions zero-word papers and the shortest abstracts found in various journals. These examples demonstrate that brevity can still convey meaningful information in scientific publishing.