Steven D'Aprano schrieb am 17.08.2014 um 16:21: > I wonder whether Ruby programmers are as obsessive about > Ruby's GIL?
I actually wonder more whether Python programmers are really all that obsessive about CPython's GIL. Sure, there are always the Loud Guys who speak up when they feel like no-one's mentioned it for too long, but I'd expect the vast majority to be just ok with the status quo and not think about it most of the time. Or, well, think about it when one of the Loud Guys takes the megaphone, but then put their thoughts back in the attic and keep doing their daily work. Personally, I like the GIL. It helps me keep my code simpler and more predictable. I don't have to care about threading issues all the time and can otherwise freely choose the right model of parallelism that suits my current use case when the need arises (and threads are rarely the right model). I'm sure that's not just me. Stefan -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list