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Re:Python GIL removal question by wycats on Friday August 12, 2011 @04:05PM (#2879000)
Rubinius (in the current 2.0 betas) has removed the GIL as well. In fact, the only Ruby that still has a GIL is MRI. MacRuby, JRuby and Rubinius (as of 2.0) all have threading without a GIL.
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Re:Python GIL removal question by pnathan on Friday August 12, 2011 @04:39PM (#2879154)
That's very exciting. Will MRI be fixed "soon" ?
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Re:Python GIL removal question by mitchty on Friday August 12, 2011 @05:51PM (#2879412)
Just like CPython, its doubtful.
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