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IronPython also wasn't compatible with any python library that used the C API. Essentially we're back to the point that removing the GIL is 'easy' as long as yo
by dagw 5y ago
IronPython also wasn't compatible with any python library that used the C API. Essentially we're back to the point that removing the GIL is 'easy' as long as you don't care about backwards compatibility.
- dekhn 5y agoin many ways ironpython obviated the C API. It had a different approach to extension, based on CLR and .NET. Even the containers used .NET data types.
- dagw 5y agoOh absolutely, but that did make IronPython more of a separate language that shared syntax with cpython rather than a drop in replacement for cpython.