3 verifications about Python 3.12 Python 3.12 ×
“Python 3.12 runs about 60% faster than Python 3.11 on the official benchmark suite.”
Official Python materials estimate that Python 3.12 is about 5% faster than 3.11 overall, not 60%. The larger figure belongs either to Python 3.11’s gains over 3.10 or to isolated workload-specific improvements. Independent benchmarks also indicate modest, uneven gains rather than a suite-wide 60% increase.
“Python 3.12 was released on October 2, 2023.”
Official Python records confirm October 2, 2023, as the release date of Python 3.12.0, the first final release in the 3.12 series. Release documentation, schedules, download records, file timestamps, and contemporaneous announcements consistently support that date.
“Python 3.12 removed the distutils package from the Python standard library.”
Official Python documentation confirms that Python 3.12 removed distutils from the standard library, as planned under PEP 632. Setuptools may still provide a compatible, third-party implementation, but that does not affect the claim’s accuracy.