The old 2.5/2.7 GIL hurts performance any time there is more than one thread that is doing python work. Maybe you'd like to read up on how the old GIL burns cpu time in excess signalling and failed lock acquisition: http://www.dabeaz.com/python/NewGIL.pdf
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