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Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python by dgb23 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:54AM (#36917932)
Ecosystem churn and exposing more issues to python contradicts this.

The whole point of using languages like python, js etc. is to not worry about whole classes of problems and intricacies.

There are modern languages with great tooling like Go, Rust or Clojure that have excellent support for safe concurrency and parallel execution etc.

And there are reliable, well established languages like Java/C# that have been doing this forever.

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Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python by miraculixx on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:48AM (#36918245)
This. Python had a unique stance, it was different for a good reason.

The seamingly endless attempt to become more likeable to yet another subgroup of needs is not a good development. It started with static typing, it continued with async, and now we have free threading as the final draw.

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