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All these issues were known in previous attempts for removing the GIL. But if Instagram/Meta want it, everyone stands to attention and finds out the obvious pro
by askllk 5mo ago
All these issues were known in previous attempts for removing the GIL. But if Instagram/Meta want it, everyone stands to attention and finds out the obvious problems years later. Kind of like in geopolitics.
I hope Meta switches Instagram to PHP/Hack so they leave Python alone.
- simonw 5mo agoThe no-GIL work (free-threading) is unrelated to this incremental GC work. Free-threading actually uses its own, separate GC: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-gc-3-14 https://labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-gc-3-14