Understanding the Python GIL

Why it was recommended

My favorite example is Beazley's GIL talk

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What it covers

David Beazley's PyCon 2010 talk explains how the Python Global Interpreter Lock works and shows experiments where multithreaded code runs slower, even on more cores, due to. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

David Beazley

Length

46 min 10 sec

Year

2012

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