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Re:Pyston v2: Faster Python by FartyMcFarter on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:48PM (#24925510)
> no threading,

CPython does use threads (on Linux, it spawns one pthread per Python thread). However it also has a lock (the infamous GIL) that prevents those threads from interpreting Python code simultaneously.

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Re:Pyston v2: Faster Python by PeCaN on Thursday October 29, 2020 @01:40AM (#24927613)
Not that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threaded_code

It's an interpreter implementation technique.

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