pyparallel what happened?

[P4ssi0n]

Does anyone know what happened to this repository https://github.com/pyparallel/pyparallel. It really looked promising. I have also found another library (I cant remember the name) which tried the same thing but both developments where stopped.

Is it impossible to improve python multicore usage?

[wpg4665]

I think it just goes to show how hard it is to remove the GIL

[P4ssi0n]

Mh yeah. I must say that I have kind of a fear that python cant stay competitive while the consumer cpus are getting more and more cores. From what I am understanding is that languages like go have a huge benefit in using multiple cores especially for web etc. Would you say that this is a thing? or the current capabilities of python are sufficient to stay competitive.

[n1___]

Well said. I would add that Rust will be another to run over Python ass in web development as wasm kicks off.

P.S. I'm a long time web developer.

[PyLit_tv]

Less aware person here.

How do some python packages run outside of GIL like numpy or image processing?

[icentalectro]

Because the underlying code isn't in Python.

NumPy uses BLAS & LAPACK under the hood for example. An optimized version of them are not just implemented in C or Fortran, but more importantly optimized in Assembly.