Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel ...

Rather, this shows, at some level, how Python works with processes and the basic ways in which it communicates with them, using bytestrings and pipes. That's because processes are separate and cannot ...

An experimental ‘no-GIL’ build mode in Python 3.13 disables the Global Interpreter Lock to enable true parallel execution in Python. Here’s where to start.

Threading in Python by Reuven M. Lerner: threads can provide concurrency, even if they're not truly parallel. Using Python for Science by Joey Bernard: introducing Anaconda, a Python distribution for ...