On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 17:21 -0700, llothar wrote: > I'm afraid that the GIL is killing the usefullness of python for some > types of applications now where 4,8 oder 64 threads on a chip are here > or comming soon. > > What is the status about that for the future of python?
The GIL is an implementation specific issue with CPython. It will not be removed in CPython for the forseeable future, but you can already get a GIL-free interpreter with Jython and IronPython. AFAIK there are plans to remove the GIL in PyPy. According to the last PyPy release announcement, they're running at about half the speed of CPython, and have a preliminary JIT that can translate certain integer operations into assembly, and will be expanded upon in future releases. If you're looking for a progressive alternative to CPython, I'd keep an eye on that project ;-) -- Evan Klitzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list