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Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python by qbasic_forever on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:35AM (#36916967)
It does, so much so things like virtualenv were introduced so every program can have its own set of dependencies such that they won't clash with other libs on your system. Something like flask or fastapi pull in a lot of secondary dependencies alone.
Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python by hinkley on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:51PM (#36924424)
Probably doesn't work with FFI though? I'm trying to get a sense of how hypothetical versus very real this problem is.