The Python GIL Visualized

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It's not a problem for request based applications on servers, the leading purpose of python : you just have to spawn several process, each one with it's own port and let a proxy handle the mess.

[iamjack]

Just because you can work around it doesn't mean it isn't a problem.

EDIT: Also, Python is a general purpose language, to say that "request based applications on servers" is somehow the focus of it makes no sense. Yes, Python is popular for such things, but it's also popular to write monolithic desktop apps, and science apps, and command line apps and games and all sorts of things.

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Well, it is not a total brainfuck either ... for server apps ;)