In article <pan.2009.06.18.01.44...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au>, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >Additionally, while I'm a fan of the simplicity of CPython's ref counter, >one serious side effect of it is that it requires the GIL, which >essentially means CPython is crippled on multi-core CPUs compared to non- >ref counting implementations.
Your bare "crippled" is an unfair overstatement. What you meant to write was that computational multi-threaded applications that don't use NumPy are crippled. Otherwise you're simply spreading FUD. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
