By David Buchanan, 4th January 2024 First of all, this article is an exercise in recreational "because I can" programming. If you just want to make your Python code go fast, this is perhaps not the article for you. And perhaps Python is not the language you want, either! By the end, I'll explain how I implemented Game of Life in pure Python (plus pysdl2 for graphics output) running in 4K resolution at 180fps, which represents a ~3800x speedup over a naive implementation. If you're already famili...