Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel processing ...

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A new project to change the CPython runtime to boost multithreaded performance has drawn the attention of Python’s core development team. One of Python’s long-standing weaknesses, its inability to ...

The ability to execute code in parallel is crucial in a wide variety of scenarios. Concurrent programming is a key asset for web servers, producer/consumer models, batch number-crunching and pretty ...

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Python has been held back by its inability to natively use multiple CPU cores. Now Pythonistas are aiming to find a solution For all of Python’s great and convenient features, one goal remains out of ...