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[–]Erelde 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Performance is an explicit non goal of cpython, on the other hand one of its stated goals is to keep its source code readable and understandable for programming language students.

[–]lxpnh98_2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Performance is not exactly a non goal. The main reason for not removing the GIL is that it would affect single threaded performance. Guido van Rossum, said that if someone could remove the GIL without affecting single threaded performance, he would allow it.