> spawn subprocesses by default, so it can indeed be used to workaround a GIL issue and do many things at once But that defeats the purpose of the distinction,

> spawn subprocesses by default, so it can indeed be used to workaround a GIL issue and do many things at once But that defeats the purpose of the distinction, because when you wait on a web request, I/O, etc, a machine or peripheral is also doing something on the other end.