With lazy imports, JIT compilation, Python-generated C, or the Python-esque Mojo, it has never been easier to make Python go faster.

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The python challenge kicked off on Friday as avid and amateur hunters alike compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous,

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More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.

Florida's Python Challenge is an annual event encouraging people to hunt Burmese Pythons, a reptile species invasive to Florida's ecosystem.