[Python-Dev] The endless GIL debate: why not remove thread support instead? (original) (raw)

Lennart Regebro regebro at gmail.com
Fri Dec 12 19:10:14 CET 2008


On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:23, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:

It seems that most programmers with Java or Windows experience don't understand this; hence the ever lasting GIL debate.

Yes. Maybe writing this with big letters in the thread module docs would help?

I am not suggesting removal of threads but rather the Java threading model. I just think it is a mistake to let multiple OS threads touch the same interpreter.

Does Python have a java threading model? I don't know java well enough to know what that is. :)

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