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The GIL is optional in new Python versions. Downsides are legacy library compatibility and degraded single thread performance.

• b33j0r 1y ago
  I mentioned subinterpreters. That’s the thing that “makes the GIL optional,” you still have to use subinterpreters. Is this no longer true?
  • miohtama 1y ago
    It is no longer true. You can have free threading.