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		theandrewbailey on May 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3.11 beta vs. 3.10 benchmark At this point, I've given up hope that CPython will ever lose the GIL. The best we can hope for is having multiple interpreters[0], each with their own GIL[1]. [0] https://peps.python.org/pep-0554/ [1] https://github.com/ericsnowcurrently/multi-core-python/issue...

Spivak on May 18, 2022 [–]

For absolutely critical hot path code this obviously won’t be enough but subinterpreters with memory arenas is a really solid model for safe concurrency and faster than multiprocess IPC.

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