Re:A viable solution for Python concurrency
by tialaramex on Friday October 15, 2021 @11:18PM
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However if you're confident Python simply is "never going to specialize in" performance, maybe the GIL isn't a problem and this work is irrelevant right?
I'm dubious about this work because I think it tries to paper over the cracks in code with data races, but maybe the problem was there already with the GIL and this changes little.
Re:A viable solution for Python concurrency
by zzzeek on Saturday October 16, 2021 @10:55AM
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I agree, the GIL is really not a huge problem unless you are trying to write a high frequency trading app in Python, which you shouldn't (and not just for technical reasons ;) )
I'm dubious about this work because I think it tries to paper over the cracks in code with data races, but maybe the problem was there already with the GIL and this changes little.