Ok, the above is not really relevant, I misread the parent comment. Why the gil is not completely removed or made optional can be read at http://wiki.python.org

Ok, the above is not really relevant, I misread the parent comment. Why the gil is not completely removed or made optional can be read at http://wiki.python.org/moin/GlobalInterpreterLock http://wiki.python.org/moin/GlobalInterpreterLock