David Beazley <d...@dabeaz.com> added the comment: I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but the original GIL problem *DEFINITELY* exists on multicore Windows machines. I've had numerous participants try it in training classes and workshops they've all observed severely degraded performance for CPU-bound threads on Windows (XP, Vista, and Windows 7).
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