[Python-Dev] Threading in the Standard Library Tour Part II (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.peters at gmail.com
Wed Aug 18 05:52:46 CEST 2004

[Guido]

(In addition, I find that the GIL often causes people to worry unnecessarily about the GIL. Sort of like worrying about relativistic effects when driving a car.)

LOL! OTOH, well-endowed gentlemen have always driven as fast as possible, in order to avoid frightening their admiring lady onlookers. To be effective, I have to scrunch over rather uncomfortably, though, since Lorentz contraction only occurs along the direction of observed motion.

done-right-it-only-takes-0.97c-to-give-the-appearance-of-6-inches-ly y'rs - tim

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