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Larry Hastings - Removing Python's GIL: The Gilectomy - PyCon 2016
PyCon 2016
Larry Hastings explains what Python's GIL is, what problems it solves and how it works, and presents his Gilectomy project to remove it, including the performance and C-extension obstacles.
The default reference in Python performance threads for why removing the GIL is hard.
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