> Python I/O also releases the GIL (and has for decades). I didn't know this; thanks! I'm not familiar with Python internals at all (in fact, I had to look up

> Python I/O also releases the GIL (and has for decades). I didn't know this; thanks! I'm not familiar with Python internals at all (in fact, I had to look up what GIL was when I read the article). Seems strange, then, that the author would imply a contrast between Python and node.js (which I'm now realizing was your point to begin with). Thanks for being patient with me :). > And FWIW, libuv is also available in Python. > https://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/ https://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/ claims significantly faster than nodejs. Yep! There are bindings for quite a few languages now. The only reasons why I conflate libuv with node.js are because libuv was developed specifically for node (as a cross-platform libev implementation) and because libuv comes with node by default.