You know how to program in Python but are interested in what goes on under the covers of the interpreter? Well, fasten your seat-belts as this book will take you on a tour of the virtual machine that runs your Python code. It will describe how Python code is compiled and run, how the language itself can be modified and will demystify the...Inside the Python Virtual Machine provides a guided tour under the covers of the Python interpreter for the curious pythonista. It attempts to show the user what happens from the moment the user executes a piece of Python code to the point when the interpreter returns the result of executing the piece of code. This book will provide the readers with an understanding of the various processes that go into compiling and executing a python program removing most of the mystery surrounding how the python interpreter executes source code.