> Dag Sverre Seljebotn, 06.08.2010 11:31:

> Remember that the GIL makes your life easier. Cython is about writing
> extension modules, and very, very many of those only work *because* of the
> GIL.

One of the main virtues of CPython is that extension code (compiled C,
C++, Fortran) is atomic with respect to the interpreter, unless the GIL is
released.

Sturla

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