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Re:Tell HN: Python's print function is thread-unsafe by cratermoon on Monday January 01, 2024 @04:11AM (#38830595)
Why Threads Are a Bad Idea: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17297325

The problem with threads: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1631937

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Re:Tell HN: Python's print function is thread-unsafe by ansgri on Monday January 01, 2024 @08:57AM (#38831791)
Given threads are here to stay, thread-unsafe print is a really bad idea. Couldn’t even imagine it can crash instead of interleave, in Python of all things.
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