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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by diffeomorphism on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:22AM (#31349583)
That does not sound all that enthusiastic for a "game changer":

> helps parallelize

> convenient and robust

So nice but not too noticeable?

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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by diordiderot on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:47AM (#31349732)
Well context helps determine impact.

What percentage of compute time is python?

What percent of Py compute time would be cut?

Who's using python?(banks, stem researchers, everyone else)

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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by diffeomorphism on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:24AM (#31349941)
That has nothing to do with what I wrote and does not address the question?

> ...bunch of questions...

Yeah, if you claim that something is a "game changer" you should provide some arguments, not questions/"help determine".

It might very well be a game changer but thud far you have only suggested there might be an argument for that, if ...

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