Re: Parallelization on muli-CPU hardware?

From: Aahz (aahz_at_pythoncraft.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: 5 Oct 2004 17:07:12 -0400

In article <mailman.4377.1097009674.5135.python-list@python.org>,
Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@kostyrka.org> wrote:
>
>So, IMHO, there are basically the following design decisions:
>GIL: large granularity
>MSL: (many small locks) would slow down the overall execution of Python
> programs.
>MSLu: (many small locks, unsafe) inacceptable because it would change
> Python experience ;)

That's a good summation. Not quite QOTW, but definitely something
everyone should remember. 

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