[Python-Dev] GIL, Python 3, and MP vs. UP (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Sep 21 17:26:55 CEST 2005
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On 9/21/05, Donovan Baarda <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au> wrote:
The reality is threads were invented as a low overhead way of easily implementing concurrent applications... ON A SINGLE PROCESSOR. Taking into account threading's limitations and objectives, Python's GIL is the best way to support threads.
QOTF candidate!
(I wonder if this thread could be summarized into a PEP we can use instead of future discussions rehashing the same issues?)
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