Threading problem

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1017931757.25464.python-list at python.org>,
Gustavo Cordova  <gcordova at hebmex.com> wrote:
>
>Yeah, sounds like what's been happening to the Linux kernel
>in the last iterations; locking has become steadily finer-grained,
>so that multiprocessor setups will scale better.
>
>I also believe that Python, eventually, will have to follow
>that same path.

Why?  What's wrong with just making multiple Python processes work
better together?  Or with writing extensions that release the GIL?
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