Agreed. People always mention the GIL like it's the achilles heel of Python, yet when discussing NodeJS the single threaded nature is almost described as a feat

Agreed. People always mention the GIL like it's the achilles heel of Python, yet when discussing NodeJS the single threaded nature is almost described as a feature. Anyone reading hackernews knows that Node doesn't have an issue with popularity (and AFAIK Python doesn't either).