> and i'll be honest: if you're writing code thats so performance critical that you're worrying about the GIL... why the hell do you use python in the first pla

> and i'll be honest: if you're writing code thats so performance critical that you're worrying about the GIL... why the hell do you use python in the first place? use at least a compiled language. Fair enough, but sometimes your freedom of choice may be limited. We have a large push for Python at our org, and for most people that's probably fine (or even really good), but I'm holding out as long as I can with Matlab and Julia.