> Python's runtime is completely and utterly incapable of threading. Threading being almost essential to any decent user interface, this whole idea falls flat.

> Python's runtime is completely and utterly incapable of threading. Threading being almost essential to any decent user interface, this whole idea falls flat. This is just plain wrong and the fact that many GUI programs are written in Python (dropbox, NetworkManager, Zim desktop wiki, etc) should be evidence of that. In fact, most people don't even realize these are written in Python. Yes, Python has the GIL. No, that does not mean it can't do multithreading. It merely means it can't do parallel processing on multiple cores with just threading. But that is by no means a requirement for multithreading, especially regarding GUIs.