On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:45:46AM -0700, Hong Zhang wrote: >Python uses global lock for multi-threading. It is reasonable for io thread, >which blocks most of time. It will completely useless for CPU intensive >programs or large SMP machines.
It might be useless in theory. In practice it isn't, because most CPU-intensive tasks are pushed down into C code anyway, and C code can release the single interpreter lock while it's crunching away. --amk
