"I never actually got around to learning -- or even thinking about!-- what exactly the GIL is" David Beazley does a good job on explaining the GIL. There are m

"I never actually got around to learning -- or even thinking about!-- what exactly the GIL is" David Beazley does a good job on explaining the GIL. There are multiple videos of his GIL talks on YouTube. This one, for instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obt-vMVdM8s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obt-vMVdM8s He has a page about this at http://www.dabeaz.com/GIL/ http://www.dabeaz.com/GIL/