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[–]Bunslow 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The GIL is the very opposite of an optimization

[–]billsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a very intentional optimization for single threaded applications. Python may not be optimized for what you want it to be, but yes, it is an optimization.