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Re:Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL by dagss on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:58AM (#31351576)
For numerical computation compiled code is 10x-1000x faster; even without the GIL Python cannot compete without dropping to C/Fortran (which typically releases the GIL anyway)
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