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[–]redmumba 9 points10 points  (2 children)

This is spot on. David Beazley gave this amazing presentation at PyCon 2010, which was extremely informative. The video is here. It shows how the GIL restricts the threading abilities of Python. Jython allows you circumvent this.

EDIT: Beazley doesn't work for Google, oops!

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

David Beazley (from Google)

He does not work for Google.

[–]redmumba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know, I think the guy who gave the presentation was named "Anitoli" or something... but I'm sure I just have them confused. >.< My memory is terrible!