Removing the GIL was one of the explicit goals as originally conceived, but was dropped when it was realized how difficult it would be (source: http://code.goog

Removing the GIL was one of the explicit goals as originally conceived, but was dropped when it was realized how difficult it would be (source: http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpreter_Lock http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Gl...).