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This just posted on the Python forum is a brilliant rundown of the conflicting "Faster Python" and "No GIL" projects, and a proposal (plus call for funding) for
by samwillis 3y ago
This just posted on the Python forum is a brilliant rundown of the conflicting "Faster Python" and "No GIL" projects, and a proposal (plus call for funding) for a route forward.
I think everyone would agree that trying to combine both would be ideal!
"A fast, free threading Python"
https://discuss.python.org/t/a-fast-free-threading-python/27903 https://discuss.python.org/t/a-fast-free-threading-python/27...
- jrochkind1 3y agothis is a good read and deserves to be on the homepage with it's own thread too!
- dragonwriter 3y agoIt is from the person most involved in the faster-with-GIL effort, and its recommendation is to prioritize that effort in any case, and if the resources are available for that and no-gil, do both. Not that I disagree with the recommendation, but one of the sides saying “as long as resources make us choose, choose my side” is...not really surprising.
- samwillis 3y agoNot surprising, but I'm very happy they are trying to find a route forward for both. That I commend. I think from memory "Faster Python" is Microsoft funded and "No GIL" is funded by Facebook. If they can find a way to fund a combined effort that would be good. I suspect the conflicting funding also adds to the general political difficulty around this.