{"id":1167618,"date":"2023-08-02T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T22:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1167618"},"modified":"2023-08-02T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T22:01:48","slug":"gil-removal-and-the-faster-cpython-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1167618","title":{"rendered":"[$] GIL removal and the Faster CPython project"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Python global interpreter lock (GIL) has long been a barrier to
\nincreasing the performance of programs by using multiple threads\u2014the GIL
\nserializes access to the interpreter’s virtual machine such that only one thread
\ncan be executing Python code at any given time. There are other mechanisms
\nto provide
\nconcurrency for the language, but the specter of the GIL\u2014and its reality as
\nwell\u2014have often been cited as a major negative for Python. Back in October
\n2021, Sam Gross introduced<\/a>
\na proof-of-concept, no-GIL version of the
\nlanguage<\/a>. It was met with a lot of excitement at the time, but
\nseemed to languish to a certain extent for more than a year; now, the Python
\nSteering
\nCouncil has announced its intent to accept the
\nno-GIL feature<\/a>. It will still be some time before it lands in a
\nreleased Python version\u2014and there is the possibility that it all has to be
\nrolled back at some point\u2014but there are several companies backing the
\neffort, which gives it all a good chance to succeed.
\n
\nSource: LWN.net – [$] GIL removal and the Faster CPython project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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