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Re:The CPython Bytecode Compiler Is Dumb by FartyMcFarter on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:11AM (#19244178)
On the contrary. For example, each python thread you create results in the creation of a POSIX thread in the interpreter, when you're running CPython on Linux.

The GIL just means that only one of those threads will be executing pure-Python code at any time. But they're still normal threads.

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Re:The CPython Bytecode Compiler Is Dumb by FartyMcFarter on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:07AM (#19245034)
If you want to details about the GIL and Python threads, this is a nice presentation:

http://www.dabeaz.com/python/UnderstandingGIL.pdf

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