Larry Hastings - Removing Python's GIL: The Gilectomy - PyCon 2016

Why it was recommended

I think Larry Hasting's first Gilectomy talk was extremely insightful

Strong recommendationgshulegaard · Original2017-08

What it covers

Larry Hastings explains what Python's GIL is, what problems it solves and how it works, and presents his Gilectomy project to remove it, including the performance and. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

PyCon 2016

Length

32 min 7 sec

Year

2016

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