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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by dralley on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:51PM (#31349068)
I don't know if this is still true, but a few years ago there was only a single Python core developer that worked on it full time (Victor Stinner from Red Hat). The rest were only able to devote somewhere between few hours to one day a week.

https://discuss.python.org/t/official-list-of-core-developer...

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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by waygood on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:13AM (#31351206)
Microsoft has also been funding a team to work full-time on making Python faster: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/21/05/17/0225252/micro...
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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by di on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:35AM (#31349342)
Łukasz Langa now works full time on CPython via the PSF's Developer in Residence program.

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/07/ukasz-langa-is-inaugura...

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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by dralley on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:28AM (#31354731)
Good to hear!
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