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aardvark179
on July 30, 2023
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What's up, Python? The GIL removed, a new compiler...
Threading in Python is fine if your threads are io bound or spend their time in a C extension which releases the GIL, if you are bound then the GIL means effectively one thread can run at a time and you gain no advantage from multiple threads.
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