[ANNOUNCE] Garbage collection for Python

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <87em8ccywq.fsf at deneb.cygnus.argh.org>,
Florian Weimer  <fw-usenet at deneb.cygnus.argh.org> wrote:
>
>Yes.  AFAIK, Python doesn't perform well in a SMP environment, because
>the interpreter only runs on one CPU at a given time, even if you
>create multiple Python threads.

That is true if you stick to pure Python code and extensions that don't
release the global interpreter lock.  For example, if you're using HTTP,
the socket library releases the global lock and threads are extremely
effective.
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