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

Why HN readers recommended it

The default reference in Python performance threads for why removing the GIL is hard.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

PyCon 2016

Topic

python gil removal

Format

talk

Level

advanced

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• I feel like the GIL is, at this point, Python's most infamous attribute. For a long time I thought it was also the biggest flaw with Python...but over time I care less and less about it. I think the first thing to realize is that …

• See Larry Hastings' talk "Removing Python's GIL: The Gilectomy" from PyCon 2016. [VIDEO] As well as his earlier talk "Python's Infamous GIL". [LINK] The GIL is a simple design that provides serious benefit to Python (end user) developers. There are plenty of options for working …

• Larry Hastings - Removing Python's GIL: The Gilectomy - PyCon 2016 [VIDEO] (I'm pretty sure this is the video I'm thinking of) It's 30m, but worth it if you're interested. Not sure what progress has been made since then.