1. I don't, but that's an entirely different story. 2. Sure I can :) Usually this means deferToThreading with things that release the GIL, sometimes it means mu

1. I don't, but that's an entirely different story. 2. Sure I can :) Usually this means deferToThreading with things that release the GIL, sometimes it means multiple processes, both of which have quite good tools in Python. Not that they can't afford to be better, but I've never thought "man, the GIL is really holding me back now" -- despite having dealt with projects that are almost entirely about heavy computation.