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 ...

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.

Think it's complex to connect your Python program to the UNIX shell? Think again! In past articles, I've looked into concurrency in Python via threads (see "Thinking Concurrently: How Modern Network ...

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 ...

I have worker thread(s) that use the logger. In the main thread, I occasionally need to ask the user to take some action. Which means I need to suppress the logger from actually printing until the ...