On Apr 18, 2008, at 7:00 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > The Global Interpreter Lock is a design feature of Python.
There was an implementation that was tried several years ago that removed the GIL and instead relied on C-level locking. It ran 2-3 times slower. I've been impressed with what I've been reading about Stackless Python, but haven't yet had a project to play with it. -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.