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+.. title: PyPy v7.3.16 release
+.. slug: pypy-v7316-release
+.. date: 2024-04-23 12:22:08 UTC
+.. tags: release
+.. category: 
+.. link: 
+.. description: 
+.. type: text
+.. author: mattip
+
+==================================================
+PyPy v7.3.16: release of python 2.7, 3.9, and 3.10
+==================================================
+
+The PyPy team is proud to release version 7.3.16 of PyPy.
+
+This release includes security fixes from upstream CPython, and bugfixes to the
+garbage collector, described in a `gc bug-hunt blog post`_.
+
+The release includes three different interpreters:
+
+  - PyPy2.7, which is an interpreter supporting the syntax and the features of
+    Python 2.7 including the stdlib for CPython 2.7.18+ (the ``+`` is for
+    backported security updates)
+
+  - PyPy3.9, which is an interpreter supporting the syntax and the features of
+    Python 3.9, including the stdlib for CPython 3.9.19.
+
+  - PyPy3.10, which is an interpreter supporting the syntax and the features of
+    Python 3.10, including the stdlib for CPython 3.10.14.
+
+The interpreters are based on much the same codebase, thus the multiple
+release. This is a micro release, all APIs are compatible with the other 7.3
+releases. It follows after 7.3.15 release on Jan 15, 2024
+
+We recommend updating. You can find links to download the v7.3.16 releases here:
+
+    https://pypy.org/download.html
+
+We would like to thank our donors for the continued support of the PyPy
+project. If PyPy is not quite good enough for your needs, we are available for
+`direct consulting`_ work. If PyPy is helping you out, we would love to hear
+about it and encourage submissions to our blog_ via a pull request
+to https://github.com/pypy/pypy.org
+
+We would also like to thank our contributors and encourage new people to join
+the project. PyPy has many layers and we need help with all of them: bug fixes,
+`PyPy`_ and `RPython`_ documentation improvements, or general `help`_ with
+making RPython's JIT even better.
+
+If you are a python library maintainer and use C-extensions, please consider
+making a HPy_ / CFFI_ / cppyy_ version of your library that would be performant
+on PyPy. In any case, both `cibuildwheel`_ and the `multibuild system`_ support
+building wheels for PyPy.
+
+.. _`PyPy`: index.html
+.. _`RPython`: https://rpython.readthedocs.org
+.. _`help`: project-ideas.html
+.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.io
+.. _cppyy: https://cppyy.readthedocs.io
+.. _`multibuild system`: https://github.com/matthew-brett/multibuild
+.. _`cibuildwheel`: https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel
+.. _blog: https://pypy.org/blog
+.. _HPy: https://hpyproject.org/
+.. _was sponsored: https://www.pypy.org/posts/2022/07/m1-support-for-pypy.html
+.. _direct consulting: https://www.pypy.org/pypy-sponsors.html
+.. _`gc bug-hunt blog post`: https://www.pypy.org/posts/2024/03/fixing-bug-incremental-gc.html
+
+What is PyPy?
+=============
+
+PyPy is a Python interpreter, a drop-in replacement for CPython
+It's fast (`PyPy and CPython 3.7.4`_ performance
+comparison) due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler.
+
+We also welcome developers of other `dynamic languages`_ to see what RPython
+can do for them.
+
+We provide binary builds for:
+
+  * **x86** machines on most common operating systems
+    (Linux 32/64 bits, Mac OS 64 bits, Windows 64 bits)
+
+  * 64-bit **ARM** machines running Linux (``aarch64``).
+
+  * Apple **M1 arm64** machines (``macos_arm64``).
+
+  * **s390x** running Linux
+
+PyPy support Windows 32-bit, Linux PPC64 big- and little-endian, and Linux ARM
+32 bit, but does not release binaries. Please reach out to us if you wish to
+sponsor binary releases for those platforms. Downstream packagers provide
+binary builds for debian, Fedora, conda, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Gentoo, and more.
+
+.. _`PyPy and CPython 3.7.4`: https://speed.pypy.org
+.. _`dynamic languages`: https://rpython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html
+
+What else is new?
+=================
+
+For more information about the 7.3.16 release, see the `full changelog`_.
+
+Please update, and continue to help us make pypy better.
+
+Cheers,
+The PyPy Team
+
+.. _`full changelog`: https://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/release-v7.3.16.html#changelog 
+