Ok, the above is not really relevant, I misread the parent comment. Why the gil ...

somejan on June 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python's Hardest Problem (2012)

Ok, the above is not really relevant, I misread the parent comment. Why the gil is not completely removed or made optional can be read at http://wiki.python.org/moin/GlobalInterpreterLock