On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 12:39:36PM -0800, Joseph Lee wrote: > Threads introduce interesting issues. For instance, due to Python's global > interpreter lock (GIL), only one thread can run at a given time.
I'd like to make a technical correction here. The GIL is not a *language* requirement, it is an *implementation* requirement. Consequently, there are Python implementations without a GIL, namely IronPython, Jython and possibly PyPy depending on which garbage collection system it is using. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
