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		miohtama 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python has had async for 10 years – why isn't it m... The GIL is optional in new Python versions. Downsides are legacy library compatibility and degraded single thread performance.

b33j0r 6 months ago [–]

I mentioned subinterpreters. That’s the thing that “makes the GIL optional,” you still have to use subinterpreters.

Is this no longer true?

miohtama 5 months ago | [–]

It is no longer true. You can have free threading.

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