Sorry, I should have said CPython. Interestingly enough, there have been quite a few attempts at removing the GIL from CPython, too: http://mail.python.org/pip

Sorry, I should have said CPython. Interestingly enough, there have been quite a few attempts at removing the GIL from CPython, too: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-August/017099.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-August/0170...