On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 04:09:48PM -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Python <pyt...@bladeshadow.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 08:18:03AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> > Python is often a preferred solution because it is often fantastic for > >> > rapid implementation and maintainability. The GIL's interference > >> > with threaded code performance has, for me at least, on several > >> > occasions been... disappointing (perf costs of removing it aside) > >> > because it gets in the way of choosing Python for such solutions. > >> > Jython and IronPython are simply not feasible options for me, for > >> > multiple reasons that have zero to do with their technical > >> > suitability. > >> > >> Have you actually tried it and run into problems, > > > > Yes. It was years ago and I forget the details, but I even posted > > some sample code here and was told (quite possibly by you) that it was > > the GIL that was eating my lunch. Someone suggested writing the bits > > I wanted to thread as a C extension, which largely defeated the > > purpose of using Python. In at least one case I just used C++, and in > > another I just ignored the problem until it went away. > > So how about a little Cython?
Nope. As a practical matter, the only Python option I have is Python proper (i.e. CPython). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
