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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by m463 on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:26PM (#20620355)
"python doesn't support multithreading"

wait, what about the GIL?!? did they fix that?

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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by lalaland1125 on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:20PM (#20620757)
Python does support multithreading. The only thing the GIL does is prevent you from simultaneously running python code in more than one thread. You can still use threads to do io in parallel or to help interleave CPU tasks.
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Re:Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer by OldManAndTheCpp on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:31PM (#20620817)
I think the parent is saying you /can/ use threads, but they will all contend on the GIL.
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